crateritis

Latin

Alternative forms

• craterītēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρᾰτερῖτις (kraterîtis), from κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kra.teˈriː.tis/, [krät̪ɛˈriːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kra.teˈri.tis/, [krät̪eˈriːt̪is]

Noun

craterītis f (genitive craterītidis); third declension

1. A very hard unknown precious stone of orange colour

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	craterītis	craterītidēs
genitive	craterītidis	craterītidum
dative	craterītidī	craterītidibus
accusative	craterītidem	craterītidēs
ablative	craterītide	craterītidibus
vocative	craterītis	craterītidēs

References

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