selenites

See also: Selenites and sélénites

English

Noun

selenites

plural of selenite

Anagrams

eliteness, enlistees

Latin

Alternative forms

selēnītis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /se.leːˈniː.teːs/, [s̠ɛɫ̪eːˈniːt̪eːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.leˈni.tes/, [seleˈniːt̪es]

Noun

selēnītēs m (genitive selēnītae); first declension

Crystalline gypsum, selenite

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	selēnītēs	selēnītae
Genitive	selēnītae	selēnītārum
Dative	selēnītae	selēnītīs
Accusative	selēnītēn	selēnītās
Ablative	selēnītē	selēnītīs
Vocative	selēnītē	selēnītae

References

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

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