Lacus Asphaltites

== Latin == === Etymology === Partial Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀσφαλτῑ́της Λίμνη (Asphaltī́tēs Límnē) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫa.kʊs as.pʰaɫˈtiː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlaː.kus as.falˈtiː.tes] === Proper noun === Lacus Asphaltītēs m sg (genitive Lacūs Asphaltītae); variously declined, fourth declension, first declension Dead Sea (a lake in the Middle East in Palestine and Jordan, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest land-based elevation on Earth) Synonym: Lacus Mortuum ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun with a first-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.