astroites

English

Noun

astroites

1. plural of astroite

Anagrams

• roastiest, teratosis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστροίτης (astroítēs), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /as.troˈiː.teːs/, [äs̠t̪roˈiːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as.troˈi.tes/, [äst̪roˈiːt̪es]

Noun

astroītēs m (genitive astroītae); first declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone of magical power

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	astroītēs	astroītae
genitive	astroītae	astroītārum
dative	astroītae	astroītīs
accusative	astroītēn	astroītās
ablative	astroītē	astroītīs
vocative	astroītē	astroītae

Descendants

• English: astroite

References

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