tephritis

See also: 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.

	singular	plural
nominative	tephrītis	tephrītidēs
genitive	tephrītidis	tephrītidum
dative	tephrītidī	tephrītidibus
accusative	tephrītidem	tephrītidēs
ablative	tephrītide	tephrītidibus
vocative	tephrītis	tephrītidēs

Descendants

• → Translingual: Tephritis

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.