English

Noun

Selenites

1. plural of Selenite

English

Noun

selenites

1. plural of selenite

Latin

Alternative forms

• selēnītis

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek σεληνίτης ‎(selēnítēs), from σελήνη ‎(selḗnē, “moon”) + -ῑ́της ‎(-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /se.leːˈniː.teːs/, [sɛ.ɫeːˈniː.teːs]

Noun

selēnītēs m ‎(genitive selēnītae); first declension

1. Crystalline gypsum, selenite

Inflection

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

References

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