maronitus

From conversion of Marōnītae (“Maronites”), a masculine or common-gender first-declension plural proper noun, to a first/second-declension adjective.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ma.roːˈniː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.roˈniː.t̪us]

marōnītus (feminine marōnīta, neuter marōnītum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Maronite
   • 1836, Charles Joseph Emmanuel van Hulthem, Bibliotheca Hulthamiana, volume 3, page 16:

     Gabr. Sionitae et J. Hesronitae maronitorum e Libano de nonnullis orientalium urbibus, necnon indigenarum religione ac moribus tractatus brevis.

     A brief treatise of Gabriel Sionita and John Hesronita, Maronites from Lebanon, on some of the eastern cities, as well as on the religion and customs of the natives.

First/second-declension adjective.