lepidotis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós, “scaly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /le.piˈdoː.tis/, [ɫ̪ɛpɪˈd̪oːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le.piˈdo.tis/, [lepiˈd̪ɔːt̪is]

Noun

lepidōtis f (genitive lepidōtis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	lepidōtis	lepidōtēs
genitive	lepidōtis	lepidōtium
dative	lepidōtī	lepidōtibus
accusative	lepidōtem	lepidōtēs lepidōtīs
ablative	lepidōte	lepidōtibus
vocative	lepidōtis	lepidōtēs

References

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