English

Noun

mitis ‎(uncountable)

1. (attributive) A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay.
2. The malleable iron produced by this technique.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁y- ‎(“mild, soft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.tis/, [ˈmiː.tɪs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tis/, [ˈmiː.tis]

Adjective

mītis m, f ‎(neuter mīte); third declension

1. Mild, mellow, mature, ripe; sweet, juicy, succulent.
2. (of the soil) Light, fruitful, mellow.
3. (of a river) Calm, gentle, placid.
4. (of the weather), Peaceful, pleasant, clement, calm.
5. (figuratively) Soft, tolerable, peaceful, gentle, mild.

   Beati mites: quoniam ipsi possidebunt terram.‎

   Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. — Vulgate, Mt 5, 4.

Inflection

Third declension.

Antonyms

• (sweet, mellow, soft; peaceful): immītis

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Italian: mite
• English: mitigate

References

• mitis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mitis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mitis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Volapük

Noun

mitis

1. accusative plural of mit