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hepatites
hepatites
See also: hépatites
Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἡπατίτης (hēpatítēs), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /heː.paˈtiː.teːs/
Noun
hēpatītēs m (genitive hēpatītae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone
Inflection
First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hēpatītēs | hēpatītae |
| genitive | hēpatītae | hēpatītārum |
| dative | hēpatītae | hēpatītīs |
| accusative | hēpatītēn | hēpatītās |
| ablative | hēpatītē | hēpatītīs |
| vocative | hēpatītē | hēpatītae |
References
- hepatites in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hepatites”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.