meconites

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek μηκωνίτης (mēkōnítēs), from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [meː.koːˈniː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.koˈniː.tes] === Noun === mēcōnītēs m (genitive mēcōnītae); first declension An unknown kind of precious stone resembling a poppy. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). === References === “meconites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “meconites”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.