syringitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῡριγγῖτις (sūringîtis), from σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /syː.rinˈɡiː.tis/, [s̠yːrɪŋˈɡiːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.rinˈd͡ʒi.tis/, [sirin̠ʲˈd͡ʒiːt̪is]

Noun

sȳringītis f (genitive sȳringītis or sȳringītidis); third declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems).

	singular	plural
nominative	sȳringītis	sȳringītēs sȳringītidēs
genitive	sȳringītis sȳringītidis	sȳringītium sȳringītidum
dative	sȳringītī sȳringītidī	sȳringītibus sȳringītidibus
accusative	sȳringītem sȳringītidem	sȳringītēs sȳringītīs sȳringītidēs
ablative	sȳringīte sȳringītide	sȳringītibus sȳringītidibus
vocative	sȳringītis	sȳringītēs sȳringītidēs

References

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