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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σμαραγδαχάτης (smaragdakhátēs), from σμάραγδος (smáragdos), ultimately from Semitic.
Pronunciation
Noun
smaragdachātēs m (genitive smaragdachātae); first declension
- emerald-agate
23 CE – 79 CE,
Pliny the Elder,
Natural history 37.139:
- Achates in magna fuit auctoritate, nunc in nulla est, reperta primum in Sicilia iuxta flumen eiusdem nominis, postea plurimis in terris, excellens3 amplitudine, numerosa varietatibus, quae mutant4 cognomina eius. vocatur enim iaspachates, cerachates, smaragdachates, haemachates, leucachates, dendrachates, quae velut arbusculis insignis est, antachates
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Declension
First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).
References
- smaragdachates in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- smaragdachates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.