gagates

English

Noun

gagates

1. plural of gagate

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs, “lignite; jet”).

Noun

gagātēs m (genitive gagātae); first declension

1. (with lapis) A hard, black asphalt; variety of lignite; jet, jess.

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gagātēs	gagātae
Genitive	gagātae	gagātārum
Dative	gagātae	gagātīs
Accusative	gagātēn	gagātās
Ablative	gagātē	gagātīs
Vocative	gagātē	gagātae

Descendants

• Dutch: git
• English: jess, jet
• French: jais
• Russian: гагат (gagat)
• Spanish: gagates

References

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