narcissitis

Latin

Alternative forms

• narcissītēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ναρκισσῖτις (narkissîtis), from νάρκισσος (nárkissos, “narcissus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nar.kisˈsiː.tis/, [närkɪs̠ˈs̠iːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nar.t͡ʃisˈsi.tis/, [närt͡ʃisˈsiːt̪is]

Noun

narcissītis f (genitive narcissītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of gem

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	narcissītis	narcissītidēs
genitive	narcissītidis	narcissītidum
dative	narcissītidī	narcissītidibus
accusative	narcissītidem	narcissītidēs
ablative	narcissītide	narcissītidibus
vocative	narcissītis	narcissītidēs

References

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