geodes

geodes

1. plural of geode

• Doeges, Goedes, dogese

From Ancient Greek γεώδης (geṓdēs, “earthlike”), equivalent to γῆ (gê, “earth”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡeˈoː.deːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒeˈɔː.d̪es]

geōdēs m (genitive geōdis); third declension

1. Name of a gem, precious stone

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

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