amethystus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.mɛˈtʰys.tʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.meˈt̪is.t̪us]

Noun

amethystus f (genitive amethystī); second declension

amethyst (precious stone)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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 French:
  - French: améthyste
    - Persian: آمیتیست (âmitist)
- → Middle Dutch: ametiste
  - Dutch: amethist, (archaic) amethyst
    - → Indonesian: ametis
- → Middle English: ametist
  - English: amethyst
- → 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