diphyes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διφυής (diphuḗs, “double-natured, twofold”), from φῠή (phuḗ, “growth”), from φύω (phúō, “I bring forth, engender, become”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.pʰy.eːs/, [ˈd̪ɪpʰyeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.fi.es/, [ˈd̪iːfies]

Noun

diphyēs f (genitive diphyis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone, black or white, considered male or female respectively

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	diphyēs	diphyēs
genitive	diphyis	diphyium
dative	diphyī	diphyibus
accusative	diphyem	diphyēs diphyīs
ablative	diphye	diphyibus
vocative	diphyēs	diphyēs

References

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