batrachites
English
Noun
batrachites
- plural of batrachite
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βατραχίτης (batrakhítēs), from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.traˈkʰiː.teːs/
Noun
batrachītēs m (genitive batrachītae); first declension
- A kind of frog-colored precious stone
Declension
First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | batrachītēs | batrachītae |
| Genitive | batrachītae | batrachītārum |
| Dative | batrachītae | batrachītīs |
| Accusative | batrachītēn | batrachītās |
| Ablative | batrachītē | batrachītīs |
| Vocative | batrachītē | batrachītae |
Descendants
- English: batrachite
References
- batrachites in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- batrachites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette