selenites

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See also: Selenites and sélénites

English

Noun

selenites

  1. plural of selenite

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Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σεληνίτης (selēnítēs), from σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

selēnītēs m (genitive selēnītae); first declension

  1. Crystalline gypsum, selenite

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative selēnītēs selēnītae
Genitive selēnītae selēnītārum
Dative selēnītae selēnītīs
Accusative selēnītēn selēnītās
Ablative selēnītē selēnītīs
Vocative selēnītē selēnītae

References

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