ostracitis
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστρᾰκῖτῐς (ostrăkîtĭs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔs.traˈkiː.tɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [os.t̪raˈt͡ʃiː.t̪is]
Noun
ostracītis f (genitive ostracītidis); third declension
- The hornstone
- (mineralogy) A kind of cadmia
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ostracītis | ostracītidēs |
| genitive | ostracītidis | ostracītidum |
| dative | ostracītidī | ostracītidibus |
| accusative | ostracītidem | ostracītidēs |
| ablative | ostracītide | ostracītidibus |
| vocative | ostracītis | ostracītidēs |
References
- “ostracitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ostracitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.