molochitis
Latin
Alternative forms
- molochītēs, malachītis, malachītēs (all from the same locus)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek *μολοχῖτις (*molokhîtis), *μολοχῖτης (*molokhîtēs), *μαλαχῖτης (*malakhîtēs), after the colour from the phytonym μολόχη (molókhē).
Noun
molochītis f (genitive molochītidis); third declension (hapax)
- An Arabian gem of the color of mallows, perhaps malachite
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37:
- non tralucet molochitis; spissius viret ab colore malvae nomine accepto, reddendis laudata signis et infantum custodia quodamque innato contra pericula medicamine.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | molochītis | molochītidēs |
| Genitive | molochītidis | molochītidum |
| Dative | molochītidī | molochītidibus |
| Accusative | molochītidem | molochītidēs |
| Ablative | molochītide | molochītidibus |
| Vocative | molochītis | molochītidēs |
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