ophites

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English

Noun

ophites

  1. plural of ophite

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

ophītēs m (genitive ophītae); first declension

  1. serpentine (type of marble)

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative ophītēs ophītae
genitive ophītae ophītārum
dative ophītae ophītīs
accusative ophītēn ophītās
ablative ophītē ophītīs
vocative ophītē ophītae

References

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