Amalecites
Latin
Alternative forms
- Amālēcīta
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμᾱληκῑ́της (Amālēkī́tēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק ('Ămālēq) with Greek suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.maː.ɫeːˈkiː.teːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ma.leˈt͡ʃiː.t̪es]
Proper noun
Amālēcītēs m (genitive Amālēcītae); first declension
- an Amalekite
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Amālēcītēs | Amālēcītae |
| genitive | Amālēcītae | Amālēcītārum |
| dative | Amālēcītae | Amālēcītīs |
| accusative | Amālēcītēn | Amālēcītās |
| ablative | Amālēcītē | Amālēcītīs |
| vocative | Amālēcītē | Amālēcītae |
References
- “Amalecites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Amalecites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.