LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

diabētēs

diabētēs m (genitive diabētae)
Classical[di.aˈbeː.teːs]Ecclesiastical[di.aˈbɛː.tes]

Meaning

  1. a siphon
    Naturali enim spiritu omne alimentum virentis, quasi quaedam anima, per medullam trunci veluti per siphonem quem diabeten vocant mechanici, trahitur in summum:[…]For by natural respiration all the nourishment of a green plant is drawn, as a sort of vital breath, into the highest point, passing through the pith of the stem as though through a siphon, which mechanics call diabetes; […]4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 3.10
  2. New Latindiabetes

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativediabētēsdiabētae
genitivediabētaediabētārum
dativediabētaediabētīs
accusativediabētēndiabētās
ablativediabētēdiabētīs
vocativediabētēdiabētae

dĭăbētes, ae, m., = διαβήτης,
I. a siphon; called also sipho, Col. 3, 10, 2.

Origins

Borrowing from Ancient Greek δῐᾰβήτης (dĭăbḗtēs, “siphon; diabetes”), from δῐᾰβαίνω (dĭăbaínō, “to step across, pass over”) + -της (-tēs, “-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishdiabetes

In English words that came into English from diabētēs

  • diabetesdiabētēs

Quick answers

What does diabētēs mean in Latin?
diabētēs, a noun, means “a siphon; diabetes”.
What is the genitive of diabētēs?
The genitive singular is diabētae. diabētēs is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce diabētēs?
In classical Latin, [di.aˈbeː.teːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [di.aˈbɛː.tes].