sycitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῡκῖτῐς (sūkîtis), from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /syːˈkiː.tis/, [s̠yːˈkiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈt͡ʃi.tis/, [siˈt͡ʃiːt̪is]

Noun

sȳcītis f (genitive sȳcītidis); third declension

1. A kind of gem of the color of the figs

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sȳcītis	sȳcītidēs
genitive	sȳcītidis	sȳcītidum
dative	sȳcītidī	sȳcītidibus
accusative	sȳcītidem	sȳcītidēs
ablative	sȳcītide	sȳcītidibus
vocative	sȳcītis	sȳcītidēs

References

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