molochitis

Latin

Alternative forms

• molochītēs, malachītis, malachītēs (all from the same locus)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek *μολοχῖτις (*molokhîtis), *μολοχῖτης (*molokhîtēs), *μαλαχῖτης (*malakhîtēs), after the colour from the phytonym μολόχη (molókhē).

Noun

molochītis f (genitive molochītidis); third declension (hapax)

1. An Arabian gem of the color of mallows, perhaps malachite
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37:

     non tralucet molochitis; spissius viret ab colore malvae nomine accepto, reddendis laudata signis et infantum custodia quodamque innato contra pericula medicamine.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	molochītis	molochītidēs
Genitive	molochītidis	molochītidum
Dative	molochītidī	molochītidibus
Accusative	molochītidem	molochītidēs
Ablative	molochītide	molochītidibus
Vocative	molochītis	molochītidēs