nebritis

Latin

Alternative forms

• nebrītēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεβρῖτις (nebrîtis), from νεβρίς (nebrís, “fawn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neˈbriː.tis/, [nɛˈbriːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈbri.tis/, [neˈbriːt̪is]

Noun

nebrītis f (genitive nebrītidis); third declension

1. A precious stone sacred to Bacchus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nebrītis	nebrītidēs
genitive	nebrītidis	nebrītidum
dative	nebrītidī	nebrītidibus
accusative	nebrītidem	nebrītidēs
ablative	nebrītide	nebrītidibus
vocative	nebrītis	nebrītidēs

References

• “nebritis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press