sauritis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σαυρῖτις (saurîtis), from σαῦρος (saûros, lizard).

Pronunciation

Noun

saurītis f (genitive saurītis or saurītidis); third declension

  1. An unknown kind of precious stone.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem or imparisyllabic non-i-stem; two different stems).

singular plural
nominative saurītis saurītēs
saurītidēs
genitive saurītis
saurītidis
saurītium
saurītidum
dative saurītī
saurītidī
saurītibus
saurītidibus
accusative saurītem
saurītidem
saurītēs
saurītīs
saurītidēs
ablative saurīte
saurītide
saurītibus
saurītidibus
vocative saurītis saurītēs
saurītidēs

References

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