-ites
See also: ITEs
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Suffix
[edit]-ites
- (taxonomy) Used to form taxonomic names, normally masculine.
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Adopted in Latin as part of Greek loanwords, as -ītēs, often also as -īta.
Often in Biblical tribal names. Thus either Levītēs or Levīta, plural in -ītae. In medieval Latin of religious groups, such as Marcionītae, Ebiōnītae, Monophysītae, etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.teːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.t̪es]
Suffix
[edit]-ītēs m (genitive -ītae); first declension
- adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ītēs | -ītae |
| genitive | -ītae | -ītārum |
| dative | -ītae | -ītīs |
| accusative | -ītēn | -ītās |
| ablative | -ītē | -ītīs |
| vocative | -ītē | -ītae |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
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- Translingual terms borrowed from Latin
- Translingual terms derived from Latin
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual suffixes
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tpelH-
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin suffixes
- Latin noun-forming suffixes
- Latin first declension suffixes
- Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension
- Latin masculine suffixes