hammitis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ammītis === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἁμμῖτις (hammîtis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hamˈmiː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [amˈmiː.tis] === Noun === hammītis f (genitive hammītidis); third declension An unknown precious stone similar to fish eggs ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “hammitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hammitis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.