augites

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English

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Noun

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augites

  1. plural of augite

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐγῑ́της (augī́tēs, a precious stone), probably from αὖγος (aûgos, morning light, dawn) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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augītēs m (genitive augītae); first declension

  1. A kind of precious stone, often thought to be turquoise

Declension

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First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative augītēs augītae
Genitive augītae augītārum
Dative augītae augītīs
Accusative augītēn augītās
Ablative augītē augītīs
Vocative augītē augītae

Descendants

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  • Catalan: augita
  • Galician: auxita
  • Portuguese: augite
  • Spanish: augita

References

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  • augites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • augites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • augites”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers