phycitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυκῖτις (phukîtis), from φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰyːˈkiː.tis/, [pʰyːˈkiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈt͡ʃi.tis/, [fiˈt͡ʃiːt̪is]

Noun

phȳcītis f (genitive phȳcītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone, with a color similar to seaweed.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	phȳcītis	phȳcītidēs
genitive	phȳcītidis	phȳcītidum
dative	phȳcītidī	phȳcītidibus
accusative	phȳcītidem	phȳcītidēs
ablative	phȳcītide	phȳcītidibus
vocative	phȳcītis	phȳcītidēs

References

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