phycitis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυκῖτις (phukîtis), from φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

phȳcītis f (genitive phȳcītidis); third declension

  1. An unknown kind of precious stone, with a color similar to seaweed.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative phȳcītis phȳcītidēs
genitive phȳcītidis phȳcītidum
dative phȳcītidī phȳcītidibus
accusative phȳcītidem phȳcītidēs
ablative phȳcītide phȳcītidibus
vocative phȳcītis phȳcītidēs

References

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