batrachites
English
Noun
batrachites
- plural of batrachite
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βατραχίτης (batrakhítēs), from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ba.traˈkʰiː.teːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ba.t̪raˈkiː.t̪es]
Noun
batrachītēs m (genitive batrachītae); first declension
- A kind of frog-colored precious stone
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | batrachītēs | batrachītae |
| genitive | batrachītae | batrachītārum |
| dative | batrachītae | batrachītīs |
| accusative | batrachītēn | batrachītās |
| ablative | batrachītē | batrachītīs |
| vocative | batrachītē | batrachītae |
Descendants
- English: batrachite
References
- “batrachites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- batrachites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.