amethystus

Latin

amethystus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.meˈtʰys.tus/, [ämɛˈt̪ʰʏs̠t̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.meˈtis.tus/, [ämeˈt̪ist̪us]

Noun

amethystus f (genitive amethystī); second declension

amethyst (precious stone)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amethystus	amethystī
Genitive	amethystī	amethystōrum
Dative	amethystō	amethystīs
Accusative	amethystum	amethystōs
Ablative	amethystō	amethystīs
Vocative	amethyste	amethystī

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: ametista
Old French: ametiste
- → Middle English: ametist
  - English: amethyst
- French: améthyste
- → Middle High German: ametiste
  - German: Amethyst
→ Irish: aimitis
Italian: ametista
→ Polish: ametyst
Portuguese: ametista
Romanian: ametist
→ Russian: амети́ст m (ametíst)
Spanish: amatista
- → Tagalog: amatista

References

“amethystus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
amethystus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“amethystus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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