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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διφυής (diphuḗs, “double-natured, twofold”), from φῠή (phuḗ, “growth”), from φύω (phúō, “I bring forth, engender, become”).
Pronunciation
Noun
diphyēs f (genitive diphyis); third declension
- An unknown kind of precious stone, black or white, considered male or female respectively
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
References
- “diphyes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- diphyes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.