molochitis
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- molochītēs, malachītis, malachītēs (all from the same locus)
Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek *μολοχῖτις (*molokhîtis), *μολοχῖτης (*molokhîtēs), *μαλαχῖτης (*malakhîtēs), after the colour from the phytonym μολόχη (molókhē).
Noun
[edit]molochītis f (genitive molochītidis); third declension (hapax)
- An Arabian gem of the color of mallows, perhaps malachite
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37:
- non tralucet molochitis; spissius viret ab colore malvae nomine accepto, reddendis laudata signis et infantum custodia quodamque innato contra pericula medicamine.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | molochītis | molochītidēs |
| genitive | molochītidis | molochītidum |
| dative | molochītidī | molochītidibus |
| accusative | molochītidem | molochītidēs |
| ablative | molochītide | molochītidibus |
| vocative | molochītis | molochītidēs |