haematites
English
Noun
haematites
- plural of haematite
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hae̯.maˈtiː.teːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.maˈt̪iː.t̪es]
Noun
haematītēs m (genitive haematītae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | haematītēs | haematītae |
| genitive | haematītae | haematītārum |
| dative | haematītae | haematītīs |
| accusative | haematītēn | haematītās |
| ablative | haematītē | haematītīs |
| vocative | haematītē | haematītae |
Descendants
- Dutch: hematiet
- English: hematite, hæmatite (dated), haematite (UK)
- Finnish: hematiitti
- Middle French: hematite
- French: hématite
- German: Hämatit
- Italian: ematite
- Polish: hematyt
References
- “haematites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- haematites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.