steatitis

English

Etymology

steato- +‎ -itis

Noun

steatitis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of the fatty tissue

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στεατῖτις (steatîtis), from στέαρ (stéar, “suet”).

Noun

steatītis f (genitive steatītidis); third declension

  1. steatite
  2. An unknown kind of gem

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative steatītis steatītidēs
Genitive steatītidis steatītidum
Dative steatītidī steatītidibus
Accusative steatītidem steatītidēs
Ablative steatītide steatītidibus
Vocative steatītis steatītidēs

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