baptes

== Latin == === Etymology === If related to Ancient Greek βάπτης (báptēs, “bather, dipper”), the connection is related to dyeing. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbap.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbap.tes] === Noun === baptēs m (genitive baptae); first declension A precious stone, soft and fragrant, of unknown kind, but sometimes suggested to be orchanet-root dyed amber ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). === References === “baptes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “baptes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.