synodontitis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek συνοδοντῖτις (sunodontîtis), from συνόδους (sunódous, “kind of fish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sy.no.donˈtiː.tis/, [s̠ʏnɔd̪ɔn̪ˈt̪iːt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /si.no.donˈti.tis/, [sinod̪on̪ˈt̪iːt̪is]
Noun[edit]
synodontītis f (genitive synodontītidis); third declension
- An unknown kind of precious stone, said to be found in the brain of the fish synodus.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | synodontītis | synodontītidēs |
| Genitive | synodontītidis | synodontītidum |
| Dative | synodontītidī | synodontītidibus |
| Accusative | synodontītidem | synodontītidēs |
| Ablative | synodontītide | synodontītidibus |
| Vocative | synodontītis | synodontītidēs |
References[edit]
- “synodontitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- synodontitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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