batrachites
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]batrachites
- plural of batrachite
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek βατραχίτης (batrakhítēs), from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ba.traˈkʰiː.teːs/, [bät̪räˈkʰiːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ba.traˈki.tes/, [bät̪räˈkiːt̪es]
Noun
[edit]batrachītēs m (genitive batrachītae); first declension
- A kind of frog-colored precious stone
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | batrachītēs | batrachītae |
| genitive | batrachītae | batrachītārum |
| dative | batrachītae | batrachītīs |
| accusative | batrachītēn | batrachītās |
| ablative | batrachītē | batrachītīs |
| vocative | batrachītē | batrachītae |
Descendants
[edit]- English: batrachite
References
[edit]- “batrachites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- batrachites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.