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gagates

gagates

Latin

Noun

gagātēs m ‎(genitive gagātae); first declension

  1. (with lapis) A hard, black asphalt; variety of lignite; jet, jess.

Inflection

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative gagātēs gagātae
genitive gagātae gagātārum
dative gagātae gagātīs
accusative gagātēn gagātās
ablative gagātē gagātīs
vocative gagātē gagātae

Descendants

  • English: jess, jet
  • French: jais
  • Russian: гагат ‎(gagat)

References

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γαγάτης ‎(Gagátēs, “lignite; jet”).

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