selenites
English
Noun
selenites
- plural of selenite
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
- selēnītis
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σεληνίτης (selēnítēs), from σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛ.ɫeːˈniː.teːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [se.leˈniː.t̪es]
Noun
selēnītēs m (genitive selēnītae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | selēnītēs | selēnītae |
| genitive | selēnītae | selēnītārum |
| dative | selēnītae | selēnītīs |
| accusative | selēnītēn | selēnītās |
| ablative | selēnītē | selēnītīs |
| vocative | selēnītē | selēnītae |
Descendants
- Catalan: selenita
References
- “sĕlēnītis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- selenites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.