synodontitis
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek συνοδοντῖτις (sunodontîtis), from συνόδους (sunódous, “kind of fish”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sy.nɔ.dɔnˈtiː.tɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [si.no.d̪on̪ˈt̪iː.t̪is]
Noun
synodontītis f (genitive synodontītidis); third declension
- An unknown kind of precious stone, said to be found in the brain of the fish synodus.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | synodontītis | synodontītidēs |
| genitive | synodontītidis | synodontītidum |
| dative | synodontītidī | synodontītidibus |
| accusative | synodontītidem | synodontītidēs |
| ablative | synodontītide | synodontītidibus |
| vocative | synodontītis | synodontītidēs |
References
- “synodontitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- synodontitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.