χρυσῖτις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + -ῖτις (-îtis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰryː.sîː.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰryˈsi.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xryˈsi.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xryˈsi.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xriˈsi.tis/
Noun
χρῡσῖτῐς • (khrūsîtĭs) f (genitive χρῡσῑ́τῐδος); third declension
- (metallurgy) flake litharge, a silver ore also containing traces of gold
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χρῡσῖτῐς hē khrūsîtĭs |
τὼ χρῡσῑ́τῐδε tṑ khrūsī́tĭde |
αἱ χρῡσῑ́τῐδες hai khrūsī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χρῡσῑ́τῐδος tês khrūsī́tĭdos |
τοῖν χρῡσῑτῐ́δοιν toîn khrūsītĭ́doin |
τῶν χρῡσῑτῐ́δων tôn khrūsītĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χρῡσῑ́τῐδῐ tēî khrūsī́tĭdĭ |
τοῖν χρῡσῑτῐ́δοιν toîn khrūsītĭ́doin |
ταῖς χρῡσῑ́τῐσῐ / χρῡσῑ́τῐσῐν taîs khrūsī́tĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χρῡσῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn khrūsī́tĭdă |
τὼ χρῡσῑ́τῐδε tṑ khrūsī́tĭde |
τᾱ̀ς χρῡσῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s khrūsī́tĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χρῡσῖτῐς khrūsîtĭs |
χρῡσῑ́τῐδε khrūsī́tĭde |
χρῡσῑ́τῐδες khrūsī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- χρυσῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- cf. “ἀργυρῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press (name of the same ore when only containing silver)