pyritis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυρῖτις (purîtis).

Noun

pyrītis f (genitive pyrītidis); third declension

1. A form of black pyrite

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pyrītis	pyrītidēs
Genitive	pyrītidis	pyrītidum
Dative	pyrītidī	pyrītidibus
Accusative	pyrītidem	pyrītidēs
Ablative	pyrītide	pyrītidibus
Vocative	pyrītis	pyrītidēs

References

• “pyritis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pyritis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.