English

Noun

augites

1. plural of augite

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐγῑ́της ‎(augī́tēs, “a precious stone”), probably from αὖγος ‎(aûgos, “morning light, dawn”) + -ῑ́της ‎(-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡiː.teːs/

Noun

augītēs m ‎(genitive augītae); first declension

1. A kind of precious stone, often thought to be turquoise

Inflection

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

References

• augites in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “augites”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• augites in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers