English

Noun

haematites

1. plural of haematite

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης ‎(haimatítēs), from αἷμα ‎(haîma, “blood”) + -ῑ́της ‎(-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hae̯.maˈtiː.teːs/

Noun

haematītēs m ‎(genitive haematītae); first declension

1. A kind of red iron-ore, haematite
2. A red-colored gem

Inflection

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

Descendants

• English: haematite
• Italian: ematite

References

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