aetitis

Latin

Alternative forms

• āetītēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀετῖτις (aetîtis), from ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aː.eˈtiː.tis/, [äːɛˈt̪iːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.eˈti.tis/, [äeˈt̪iːt̪is]

Noun

āetītis f (genitive āetītidis); third declension

1. A kind of gem resembling the color of the eagle

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	āetītis	āetītidēs
Genitive	āetītidis	āetītidum
Dative	āetītidī	āetītidibus
Accusative	āetītidem	āetītidēs
Ablative	āetītide	āetītidibus
Vocative	āetītis	āetītidēs

References

• “aetitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aetitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.