phycitis

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυκῖτις (phukîtis), from φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰyːˈkiː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fiˈt͡ʃiː.tis] === Noun === phȳcītis f (genitive phȳcītidis); third declension An unknown kind of precious stone, with a color similar to seaweed. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “phycitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “phycitis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.