steatitis
English
Etymology
steato- + -itis
Noun
steatitis (uncountable)
- inflammation of the fatty tissue
Anagrams
- stistaite
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στεατῖτις (steatîtis), from στέαρ (stéar, “suet”).
Noun
steatītis f (genitive steatītidis); third declension
- steatite
- An unknown kind of gem
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | steatītis | steatītidēs |
| Genitive | steatītidis | steatītidum |
| Dative | steatītidī | steatītidibus |
| Accusative | steatītidem | steatītidēs |
| Ablative | steatītide | steatītidibus |
| Vocative | steatītis | steatītidēs |
References
- steatitis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- steatitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette