tephritis

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek τεφρῖτις (tephrîtis), from τέφρα (téphra, “ash”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛˈpʰriː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [teˈfriː.tis] === Noun === tephrītis f (genitive tephrītidis); third declension An ash-colored kind of precious stone. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Translingual: Tephritis === References === “tephritis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tephritis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.