hammitis

Latin

Alternative forms

• ammītis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἁμμῖτις (hammîtis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hamˈmiː.tis/, [hämˈmiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈmi.tis/, [ämˈmiːt̪is]

Noun

hammītis f (genitive hammītidis); third declension

1. An unknown precious stone similar to fish eggs

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hammītis	hammītidēs
genitive	hammītidis	hammītidum
dative	hammītidī	hammītidibus
accusative	hammītidem	hammītidēs
ablative	hammītide	hammītidibus
vocative	hammītis	hammītidēs

References

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