diphyes

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek διφυής (diphuḗs, “double-natured, twofold”), from φῠή (phŭḗ, “growth”), from φύω (phúō, “to bring forth, engender, become”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɪ.pʰy.eːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.fi.es] === Noun === diphyēs f (genitive diphyis); third declension An unknown kind of precious stone, black or white, considered male or female respectively ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== References ==== “diphyes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “diphyes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.