geranitis

Latin

Alternative forms

• geranītēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γερανῖτις (geranîtis), from γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.raˈniː.tis/, [ɡɛräˈniːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.raˈni.tis/, [d͡ʒeräˈniːt̪is]

Noun

geranītis f (genitive geranītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of gem

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	geranītis	geranītidēs
genitive	geranītidis	geranītidum
dative	geranītidī	geranītidibus
accusative	geranītidem	geranītidēs
ablative	geranītide	geranītidibus
vocative	geranītis	geranītidēs

References

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