haematites

English

Noun

haematites

  1. plural of haematite

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hae̯.maˈtiː.teːs/, [häe̯mäˈt̪iːt̪eːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.maˈti.tes/, [emäˈt̪iːt̪es]

Noun

haematītēs m (genitive haematītae); first declension

  1. A kind of red iron-ore, haematite
  2. A red-colored gem

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative haematītēs haematītae
Genitive haematītae haematītārum
Dative haematītae haematītīs
Accusative haematītēn haematītās
Ablative haematītē haematītīs
Vocative haematītē haematītae

Descendants
  • English: haematite
  • Italian: ematite

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