nasamonitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νασαμωνῖτις (Nasamōnîtis), from Νασαμῶνες (Nasamônes, “Nasamones, an African tribe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /na.sa.moːˈniː.tis/, [näs̠ämoːˈniːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /na.sa.moˈni.tis/, [näs̬ämoˈniːt̪is]

Noun

nasamōnītis f (genitive nasamōnītidis); third declension

1. An unknown precious stone

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nasamōnītis	nasamōnītidēs
genitive	nasamōnītidis	nasamōnītidum
dative	nasamōnītidī	nasamōnītidibus
accusative	nasamōnītidem	nasamōnītidēs
ablative	nasamōnītide	nasamōnītidibus
vocative	nasamōnītis	nasamōnītidēs

References

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