astroites

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

astroites

  1. plural of astroite

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστροίτης (astroítēs), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, star) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

astroītēs m (genitive astroītae); first declension

  1. An unknown kind of precious stone of magical power

Declension[edit]

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative astroītēs astroītae
Genitive astroītae astroītārum
Dative astroītae astroītīs
Accusative astroītēn astroītās
Ablative astroītē astroītīs
Vocative astroītē astroītae

Descendants[edit]

  • English: astroite

References[edit]

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