ostracitis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστρᾰκῖτῐς (ostrakîtis).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /os.traˈkiː.tis/, [ɔs̠t̪räˈkiːt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /os.traˈt͡ʃi.tis/, [ost̪räˈt͡ʃiːt̪is]
Noun[edit]
ostracītis f (genitive ostracītidis); third declension
- The hornstone
- (mineralogy) A kind of cadmia
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ostracītis | ostracītidēs |
| Genitive | ostracītidis | ostracītidum |
| Dative | ostracītidī | ostracītidibus |
| Accusative | ostracītidem | ostracītidēs |
| Ablative | ostracītide | ostracītidibus |
| Vocative | ostracītis | ostracītidēs |
References[edit]
- “ostracitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ostracitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.