ostracitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστρᾰκῖτῐς (ostrakîtis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /os.traˈkiː.tis/, [ɔs̠t̪räˈkiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /os.traˈt͡ʃi.tis/, [ost̪räˈt͡ʃiːt̪is]

Noun

ostracītis f (genitive ostracītidis); third declension

1. The hornstone
2. (mineralogy) A kind of cadmia

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ostracītis	ostracītidēs
genitive	ostracītidis	ostracītidum
dative	ostracītidī	ostracītidibus
accusative	ostracītidem	ostracītidēs
ablative	ostracītide	ostracītidibus
vocative	ostracītis	ostracītidēs

References

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