meconites

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μηκωνίτης (mēkōnítēs), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

mēcōnītēs m (genitive mēcōnītae); first declension

  1. An unknown kind of precious stone resembling a poppy.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

singular plural
nominative mēcōnītēs mēcōnītae
genitive mēcōnītae mēcōnītārum
dative mēcōnītae mēcōnītīs
accusative mēcōnītēn mēcōnītās
ablative mēcōnītē mēcōnītīs
vocative mēcōnītē mēcōnītae

References

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