Madianites

Latin

Alternative forms

• Madiānīta

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαδιᾱνῑ́της (Madiānī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.di.aːˈniː.teːs/, [mäd̪iäːˈniːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.di.aˈni.tes/, [mäd̪iäˈniːt̪es]

Proper noun

Madiānītēs m (genitive Madiānītae); first declension

1. a Midianite

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	Madiānītēs	Madiānītae
genitive	Madiānītae	Madiānītārum
dative	Madiānītae	Madiānītīs
accusative	Madiānītēn	Madiānītās
ablative	Madiānītē	Madiānītīs
vocative	Madiānītē	Madiānītae

References

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