myrrhites
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυρρίτης (murrhítēs), from μύρρα (múrrha, “myrrh”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /myrˈriː.teːs/, [mʏrˈriːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mirˈri.tes/, [mirˈriːt̪es]
Noun
[edit]myrrhītēs m (genitive myrrhītae); first declension
- A kind of myrrh-colored precious stone
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | myrrhītēs | myrrhītae |
Genitive | myrrhītae | myrrhītārum |
Dative | myrrhītae | myrrhītīs |
Accusative | myrrhītēn | myrrhītās |
Ablative | myrrhītē | myrrhītīs |
Vocative | myrrhītē | myrrhītae |
References
[edit]- “myrrhites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- myrrhites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.