myrrhites

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυρρίτης (murrhítēs), from μύρρα (múrrha, “myrrh”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /myrˈriː.teːs/, [mʏrˈriːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mirˈri.tes/, [mirˈriːt̪es]

Noun

myrrhītēs m (genitive myrrhītae); first declension

1. A kind of myrrh-colored precious stone

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	myrrhītēs	myrrhītae
genitive	myrrhītae	myrrhītārum
dative	myrrhītae	myrrhītīs
accusative	myrrhītēn	myrrhītās
ablative	myrrhītē	myrrhītīs
vocative	myrrhītē	myrrhītae

References

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