molochitis

Latin

Alternative forms

  • molochītēs, malachītis, malachītēs (all from the same locus)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek *μολοχῖτις (*molokhîtis), *μολοχῖτης (*molokhîtēs), *μαλαχῖτης (*malakhîtēs), after the colour from the phytonym μολόχη (molókhē).

Noun

molochītis f (genitive molochītidis); third declension (hapax legomenon)

  1. An Arabian gem of the color of mallows, perhaps malachite
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37:
      non tralucet molochitis; spissius viret ab colore malvae nomine accepto, reddendis laudata signis et infantum custodia quodamque innato contra pericula medicamine.
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Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative molochītis molochītidēs
genitive molochītidis molochītidum
dative molochītidī molochītidibus
accusative molochītidem molochītidēs
ablative molochītide molochītidibus
vocative molochītis molochītidēs
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