Amalecites

Latin

Alternative forms

• Amālēcīta

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμᾱληκῑ́της (Amālēkī́tēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק ('Ămālēq) with Greek suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.maː.leːˈkiː.teːs/, [ämäːɫ̪eːˈkiːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ma.leˈt͡ʃi.tes/, [ämäleˈt͡ʃiːt̪es]

Proper noun

Amālēcītēs m (genitive Amālēcītae); first declension

1. an Amalekite

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	Amālēcītēs	Amālēcītae
genitive	Amālēcītae	Amālēcītārum
dative	Amālēcītae	Amālēcītīs
accusative	Amālēcītēn	Amālēcītās
ablative	Amālēcītē	Amālēcītīs
vocative	Amālēcītē	Amālēcītae

References

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