Amalecites

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Amālēcīta === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμᾱληκῑ́της (Amālēkī́tēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק ('Ămālēq) with Greek suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.maː.ɫeːˈkiː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ma.leˈt͡ʃiː.tes] === Proper noun === Amālēcītēs m (genitive Amālēcītae); first declension an Amalekite ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). === References === “Amalecites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Amalecites”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.