acoetis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from the Ancient Greek ἄκοιτις (ákoitis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkoe̯.tis/, [äˈkoe̯t̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe.tis/, [äˈt͡ʃɛːt̪is]

Noun

acoetis f (genitive acoetis); third declension

1. a wife

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	acoetis	acoetēs
genitive	acoetis	acoetium
dative	acoetī	acoetibus
accusative	acoetin	acoetēs acoetīs
ablative	acoete	acoetibus
vocative	acoetis	acoetēs

Synonyms

• (wife): coniūnx m or f (can be a husband or wife), mulier f, uxor f

References

• “ăcoetis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ăcœtis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 23/2.
• “acoetis” on page 28/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)