oritis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀρῖτις (orîtis).

Pronunciation

Noun

orītis f (genitive orītidis); third declension

  1. An unknown precious stone

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

References

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