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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós, “scaly”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lepidōtis f (genitive lepidōtis); third declension
- An unknown kind of precious stone
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
References
- “lepidotis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lepidotis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.