rhoditis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥοδῖτις (rhodîtis), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roˈdiː.tis/, [rɔˈd̪iːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈdi.tis/, [roˈd̪iːt̪is]

Noun

rhodītis f (genitive rhodītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of gem, with the color of a rose

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rhodītis	rhodītidēs
genitive	rhodītidis	rhodītidum
dative	rhodītidī	rhodītidibus
accusative	rhodītidem	rhodītidēs
ablative	rhodītide	rhodītidibus
vocative	rhodītis	rhodītidēs

References

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