haematites

English

Noun

haematites

plural of haematite

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hae̯.maˈtiː.teːs/, [häe̯mäˈt̪iːt̪eːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.maˈti.tes/, [emäˈt̪iːt̪es]

Noun

haematītēs m (genitive haematītae); first declension

A kind of red iron-ore, haematite
A red-colored gem

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	haematītēs	haematītae
Genitive	haematītae	haematītārum
Dative	haematītae	haematītīs
Accusative	haematītēn	haematītās
Ablative	haematītē	haematītīs
Vocative	haematītē	haematītae

Descendants

English: haematite
Italian: ematite

References

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

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