echitis

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐχῖτις (ekhîtis), from ἔχις (ékhis, adder).

Noun

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echītis f (genitive echītidis); third declension

  1. A kind of agate

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative echītis echītidēs
Genitive echītidis echītidum
Dative echītidī echītidibus
Accusative echītidem echītidēs
Ablative echītide echītidibus
Vocative echītis echītidēs

References

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