myrrhites

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυρρίτης (murrhítēs), from μύρρα (múrrha, “myrrh”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

myrrhītēs m (genitive myrrhītae); first declension

  1. A kind of myrrh-colored precious stone

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative myrrhītēs myrrhītae
genitive myrrhītae myrrhītārum
dative myrrhītae myrrhītīs
accusative myrrhītēn myrrhītās
ablative myrrhītē myrrhītīs
vocative myrrhītē myrrhītae

References

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