haematites

== English == === Noun === haematites plural of haematite == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hae̯.maˈtiː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.maˈtiː.tes] === Noun === haematītēs m (genitive haematītae); first declension A kind of red iron-ore, haematite A red-colored gem ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: hematiet English: hematite, hæmatite (dated), haematite (UK) Finnish: hematiitti Middle French: hematiteFrench: hématite German: Hämatit → Italian: ematite Italian: matita Polish: hematyt === References === “haematites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “haematites”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.