galactites

French

Noun

galactites f

1. plural of galactite

Latin

Alternative forms

• galactītis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλακτίτης (galaktítēs), from γάλα (gála, “milk”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡa.lakˈtiː.teːs/, [ɡäɫ̪äkˈt̪iːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡa.lakˈti.tes/, [ɡäläkˈt̪iːt̪es]

Noun

galactītēs m (genitive galactītae); first declension

1. A kind of milk-white colored precious stone

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	galactītēs	galactītae
genitive	galactītae	galactītārum
dative	galactītae	galactītīs
accusative	galactītēn	galactītās
ablative	galactītē	galactītīs
vocative	galactītē	galactītae

Synonyms

• synnephītis

References

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