myrmecitis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυρμηκῖτις (murmēkîtis), from μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

myrmēcītis f (genitive myrmēcītidis); third declension

  1. A precious stone containing something like ants

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative myrmēcītis myrmēcītidēs
genitive myrmēcītidis myrmēcītidum
dative myrmēcītidī myrmēcītidibus
accusative myrmēcītidem myrmēcītidēs
ablative myrmēcītide myrmēcītidibus
vocative myrmēcītis myrmēcītidēs

References

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