synodontitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συνοδοντῖτις (sunodontîtis), from συνόδους (sunódous, “kind of fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sy.no.donˈtiː.tis/, [s̠ʏnɔd̪ɔn̪ˈt̪iːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.no.donˈti.tis/, [sinod̪on̪ˈt̪iːt̪is]

Noun

synodontītis f (genitive synodontītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone, said to be found in the brain of the fish synodus.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	synodontītis	synodontītidēs
Genitive	synodontītidis	synodontītidum
Dative	synodontītidī	synodontītidibus
Accusative	synodontītidem	synodontītidēs
Ablative	synodontītide	synodontītidibus
Vocative	synodontītis	synodontītidēs

References

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