haematites

English

Noun

haematites

1. plural of haematite

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hae̯.maˈtiː.teːs/, [häe̯mäˈt̪iːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.maˈti.tes/, [emäˈt̪iːt̪es]

Noun

haematītēs m (genitive haematītae); first declension

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

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	haematītēs	haematītae
Genitive	haematītae	haematītārum
Dative	haematītae	haematītīs
Accusative	haematītēn	haematītās
Ablative	haematītē	haematītīs
Vocative	haematītē	haematītae

Descendants

• Dutch: hematiet
• English: hematite, hæmatite (dated), haematite (UK)
• Finnish: hematiitti
• Middle French: hematite
  • French: hématite
• German: Hämatit
• Italian: ematite
• Polish: hematyt

References

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