phoenicitis
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek φοινικῖτις (phoinikîtis), feminine of φοινῑκῑ́της (phoinīkī́tēs, “date-palm wine”), from φοῖνῑξ (phoînīx, “date-palm”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pʰoe̯.niːˈkiː.tis/, [pʰoe̯niːˈkiːt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fe.niˈt͡ʃi.tis/, [feniˈt͡ʃiːt̪is]
Noun
editphoenīcītis f (genitive phoenīcītidis); third declension
- An unknown kind of precious stone, perhaps having a purple or crimson color.
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | phoenīcītis | phoenīcītidēs |
Genitive | phoenīcītidis | phoenīcītidum |
Dative | phoenīcītidī | phoenīcītidibus |
Accusative | phoenīcītidem | phoenīcītidēs |
Ablative | phoenīcītide | phoenīcītidibus |
Vocative | phoenīcītis | phoenīcītidēs |
References
edit- “phoenicitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phoenicitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.