sarcites

Latin

Alternative forms

• sarcītis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σαρκίτης (sarkítēs), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sarˈkiː.teːs/, [s̠ärˈkiːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sarˈt͡ʃi.tes/, [särˈt͡ʃiːt̪es]

Noun

sarcītēs m (genitive sarcītae); first declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	sarcītēs	sarcītae
genitive	sarcītae	sarcītārum
dative	sarcītae	sarcītīs
accusative	sarcītēn	sarcītās
ablative	sarcītē	sarcītīs
vocative	sarcītē	sarcītae

References

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