Amalecites

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Amālēcīta

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμᾱληκῑ́της (Amālēkī́tēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק‎ ('Ămālēq) with Greek suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.maː.leːˈkiː.teːs/, [ämäːɫ̪eːˈkiːt̪eːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ma.leˈt͡ʃi.tes/, [ämäleˈt͡ʃiːt̪es]

Proper noun

Amālēcītēs m (genitive Amālēcītae); first declension

  1. an Amalekite

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Amālēcītēs Amālēcītae
Genitive Amālēcītae Amālēcītārum
Dative Amālēcītae Amālēcītīs
Accusative Amālēcītēn Amālēcītās
Ablative Amālēcītē Amālēcītīs
Vocative Amālēcītē Amālēcītae

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