Amalecites
Latin
Alternative forms
- Amālēcīta
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμᾱληκῑ́της (Amālēkī́tēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק ('Ămālēq) with Greek suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.maː.leːˈkiː.teːs/, [ämäːɫ̪eːˈkiːt̪eːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ma.leˈt͡ʃi.tes/, [ämäleˈt͡ʃiːt̪es]
Proper noun
Amālēcītēs m (genitive Amālēcītae); first declension
- an Amalekite
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Amālēcītēs | Amālēcītae |
| Genitive | Amālēcītae | Amālēcītārum |
| Dative | Amālēcītae | Amālēcītīs |
| Accusative | Amālēcītēn | Amālēcītās |
| Ablative | Amālēcītē | Amālēcītīs |
| Vocative | Amālēcītē | Amālēcītae |
References
- “Amalecites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Amalecites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette