myrmecitis
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek μυρμηκῖτις (murmēkîtis), from μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /myr.meːˈkiː.tis/, [mʏrmeːˈkiːt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mir.meˈt͡ʃi.tis/, [mirmeˈt͡ʃiːt̪is]
Noun
editmyrmēcītis f (genitive myrmēcītidis); third declension
- A precious stone containing something like ants
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | myrmēcītis | myrmēcītidēs |
Genitive | myrmēcītidis | myrmēcītidum |
Dative | myrmēcītidī | myrmēcītidibus |
Accusative | myrmēcītidem | myrmēcītidēs |
Ablative | myrmēcītide | myrmēcītidibus |
Vocative | myrmēcītis | myrmēcītidēs |
References
edit- “myrmecitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- myrmecitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.