cenchritis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεγχρῖτις (kenkhrîtis), from κέγχρος (kénkhros, “millet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kenˈkʰriː.tis/, [kɛŋˈkʰriːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈkri.tis/, [t͡ʃeŋˈkriːt̪is]

Noun

cenchrītis f (genitive cenchrītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of gem

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cenchrītis	cenchrītidēs
genitive	cenchrītidis	cenchrītidum
dative	cenchrītidī	cenchrītidibus
accusative	cenchrītidem	cenchrītidēs
ablative	cenchrītide	cenchrītidibus
vocative	cenchrītis	cenchrītidēs

References

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