augites

English

Noun

augites

  1. plural of augite

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐγῑ́της (augī́tēs, “a precious stone”), probably from αὖγος (aûgos, “morning light, dawn”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

augītēs m (genitive augītae); first declension

  1. 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
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