ceramitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κεραμῖτις (keramîtis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ke.raˈmiː.tis/, [kɛräˈmiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.raˈmi.tis/, [t͡ʃeräˈmiːt̪is]

Noun

ceramītis f (genitive ceramītidis); third declension

1. A brick-colored precious stone

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ceramītis	ceramītidēs
genitive	ceramītidis	ceramītidum
dative	ceramītidī	ceramītidibus
accusative	ceramītidem	ceramītidēs
ablative	ceramītide	ceramītidibus
vocative	ceramītis	ceramītidēs

References

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