augites
English
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐγῑ́της (augī́tēs, “a precious stone”), probably from αὖγος (aûgos, “morning light, dawn”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈɡiː.teːs/
Noun
augītēs m (genitive augītae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone, often thought to be turquoise
Inflection
First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | augītēs | augītae |
Genitive | augītae | augītārum |
Dative | augītae | augītīs |
Accusative | augītēn | augītās |
Ablative | augītē | augītīs |
Vocative | augītē | augītae |
References
- augites in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- augites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- augites in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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