mitis
English
Noun
mitis (uncountable)
- (attributive) A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay.
- The malleable iron produced by this technique.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁y- (“mild, soft”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.tis/, [ˈmiː.tɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.tis/, [ˈmiː.tis]
Adjective
mītis (neuter mīte, comparative mītior, superlative mītissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Mild, mellow, mature, ripe; sweet, juicy, succulent.
- (of the soil) Light, fruitful, mellow.
- (of a river) Calm, gentle, placid.
- (of the weather), Peaceful, pleasant, clement, calm.
- (figuratively) Soft, tolerable, meek, peaceful, gentle, mild.
- Beātī mītēs: quoniam ipsī possidēbunt terram.
- Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. — Vulgate, Mt 5, 4.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | mītis | mīte | mītēs | mītia | |
Genitive | mītis | mītium | |||
Dative | mītī | mītibus | |||
Accusative | mītem | mīte | mītēs mītīs |
mītia | |
Ablative | mītī | mītibus | |||
Vocative | mītis | mīte | mītēs | mītia |
Antonyms
- (sweet, mellow, soft; peaceful): immītis
Related terms
- mītificus
- mītigābiliter
- mītiganter
- mītigātiō
- mītigātīvus
- mītigātōrius
References
- mitis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mitis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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