tecolithos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τηκόλῐθος (tēkólithos, “dissolving stones”, adjective), from Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō, “I dissolve”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teːˈko.li.tʰos/, [t̪eːˈkɔlʲɪt̪ʰɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈko.li.tos/, [t̪eˈkɔːlit̪os]

Noun

tēcolithos m (genitive tēcolithī); second declension

1. An unknown gem

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	tēcolithos	tēcolithī
genitive	tēcolithī	tēcolithōrum
dative	tēcolithō	tēcolithīs
accusative	tēcolithon	tēcolithōs
ablative	tēcolithō	tēcolithīs
vocative	tēcolithe	tēcolithī

References

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