scaritis

Latin

Alternative forms

• scarītēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκαρῖτις (skarîtis), from σκάρος (skáros, “kind of fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skaˈriː.tis/, [s̠käˈriːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skaˈri.tis/, [skäˈriːt̪is]

Noun

scarītis f (genitive scarītidis); third declension

1. A kind of gem resembling in color the fish scarus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scarītis	scarītidēs
genitive	scarītidis	scarītidum
dative	scarītidī	scarītidibus
accusative	scarītidem	scarītidēs
ablative	scarītide	scarītidibus
vocative	scarītis	scarītidēs

References

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