-ites

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). === Suffix === -ites (taxonomy) Used to form taxonomic names, normally masculine. ==== Derived terms ==== == English == === Etymology 1 === From -ite +‎ -s (regular plural suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /-aɪts/ ==== Suffix ==== -ites plural of -ite === Etymology 2 === Analoguous to words such as thesis (whose plural is theses). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /-ˈaɪtiːz/ ==== Suffix ==== -ites (rare) plural of -itis conjunctivitis → conjunctivitises appendicitis → appendicites urethritis → urethrites == Latin == === Etymology === Derived from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Adopted in Latin as part of Greek loanwords, as -ītēs, often also as -īta. Often in Biblical tribal names. Thus either Levītēs or Levīta, plural in -ītae. In medieval Latin of religious groups, such as Marcionītae, Ebiōnītae, Monophysītae, etc. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.tes] === Suffix === -ītēs m (genitive -ītae); first declension adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to" ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: -ite French: -ite German: -it