tephritis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τεφρῖτις (tephrîtis), from τέφρα (téphra, “ash”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teˈpʰriː.tis/, [t̪ɛˈpʰriːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈfri.tis/, [t̪eˈfriːt̪is]

Noun

tephrītis f (genitive tephrītidis); third declension

1. An ash-colored kind of precious stone.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tephrītis	tephrītidēs
Genitive	tephrītidis	tephrītidum
Dative	tephrītidī	tephrītidibus
Accusative	tephrītidem	tephrītidēs
Ablative	tephrītide	tephrītidibus
Vocative	tephrītis	tephrītidēs

References

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