phoenicitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φοινικῖτις (phoinikîtis), feminine of φοινῑκῑ́της (phoinīkī́tēs, “date-palm wine”), from φοῖνῑξ (phoînīx, “date-palm”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰoe̯.niːˈkiː.tis/, [pʰoe̯niːˈkiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.niˈt͡ʃi.tis/, [feniˈt͡ʃiːt̪is]

Noun

phoenīcītis f (genitive phoenīcītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone, perhaps having a purple or crimson color.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	phoenīcītis	phoenīcītidēs
genitive	phoenīcītidis	phoenīcītidum
dative	phoenīcītidī	phoenīcītidibus
accusative	phoenīcītidem	phoenīcītidēs
ablative	phoenīcītide	phoenīcītidibus
vocative	phoenīcītis	phoenīcītidēs

References

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