English

Noun

batrachites

1. plural of batrachite

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek βατραχίτης ‎(batrakhítēs), from βάτραχος ‎(bátrakhos, “frog”) + -ῑ́της ‎(-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ba.traˈkʰiː.teːs/

Noun

batrachītēs m ‎(genitive batrachītae); first declension

1. A kind of frog-colored precious stone

Inflection

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.

Descendants

• English: batrachite

References

• batrachites in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “batrachites”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.