capnitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καπνῖτις (kapnîtis, “smoky”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kapˈniː.tis/, [käpˈniːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kapˈni.tis/, [käpˈniːt̪is]

Noun

capnītis f (genitive capnītidis); third declension

1. (mineralogy) A kind of cadmia
2. A smoke-colored precious stone

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	capnītis	capnītidēs
genitive	capnītidis	capnītidum
dative	capnītidī	capnītidibus
accusative	capnītidem	capnītidēs
ablative	capnītide	capnītidibus
vocative	capnītis	capnītidēs

References

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