hephaestitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡφαιστῖτις (hēphaistîtis), from Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos, “Hephaestus”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heː.pʰae̯sˈtiː.tis/, [heːpʰäe̯s̠ˈt̪iːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.fesˈti.tis/, [efesˈt̪iːt̪is]

Noun

hēphaestītis f (genitive hēphaestītidis); third declension

1. An unknown precious stone

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hēphaestītis	hēphaestītidēs
genitive	hēphaestītidis	hēphaestītidum
dative	hēphaestītidī	hēphaestītidibus
accusative	hēphaestītidem	hēphaestītidēs
ablative	hēphaestītide	hēphaestītidibus
vocative	hēphaestītis	hēphaestītidēs

References

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