echitis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐχῖτις (ekhîtis), from ἔχις (ékhis, “adder”).

Noun

echītis f (genitive echītidis); third declension

  1. A kind of agate

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative echītis echītidēs
genitive echītidis echītidum
dative echītidī echītidibus
accusative echītidem echītidēs
ablative echītide echītidibus
vocative echītis echītidēs

References

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