tephritis

See also: Tephritis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τεφρῖτις (tephrîtis), from τέφρα (téphra, “ash”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tephrītis f (genitive tephrītidis); third declension

  1. An ash-colored kind of precious stone.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tephrītis tephrītidēs
genitive tephrītidis tephrītidum
dative tephrītidī tephrītidibus
accusative tephrītidem tephrītidēs
ablative tephrītide tephrītidibus
vocative tephrītis tephrītidēs

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Tephritis

References

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