ostracitis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστρᾰκῖτῐς (ostrakîtis).

Pronunciation

Noun

ostracītis f (genitive ostracītidis); third declension

  1. The hornstone
  2. (mineralogy) A kind of cadmia

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ostracītis ostracītidēs
Genitive ostracītidis ostracītidum
Dative ostracītidī ostracītidibus
Accusative ostracītidem ostracītidēs
Ablative ostracītide ostracītidibus
Vocative ostracītis ostracītidēs

References

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