eumitres

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὔμιτρος (eúmitros, “having a beautiful maiden's girdle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈmiː.treːs/, [ɛu̯ˈmiːt̪reːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈmi.tres/, [eu̯ˈmiːt̪res]

Noun

eumītrēs m (genitive eumītrae); first declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	eumītrēs	eumītrae
genitive	eumītrae	eumītrārum
dative	eumītrae	eumītrīs
accusative	eumītrēn	eumītrās
ablative	eumītrē	eumītrīs
vocative	eumītrē	eumītrae

References

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