Dercetis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dercetō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δερκίτις (Derkítis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈder.ke.tis/, [ˈd̪ɛrkɛt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈder.t͡ʃe.tis/, [ˈd̪ɛrt͡ʃet̪is]

Proper noun

Dercetis f sg (genitive Dercetis); third declension

1. A deity worshipped in Syria, known also as Atargatis

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dercetis
genitive	Dercetis
dative	Dercetī
accusative	Dercetem
ablative	Dercete
vocative	Dercetis

References

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