augites
English
Noun
augites
- plural of augite
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐγῑ́της (augī́tēs, “a precious stone”), probably from αὖγος (aûgos, “morning light, dawn”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈɡiː.teːs/
Noun
augītēs m (genitive augītae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone, often thought to be turquoise
Inflection
First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | augītēs | augītae |
| Genitive | augītae | augītārum |
| Dative | augītae | augītīs |
| Accusative | augītēn | augītās |
| Ablative | augītē | augītīs |
| Vocative | augītē | augītae |
References
- augites in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- augites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- augites in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers