What does haemachātēs mean in Latin?

haemachātēs, a noun, means “blood agate, hemachate (agate the colour of blood)”.

What is the genitive of haemachātēs?

The genitive singular is haemachātae. haemachātēs is masculine, first declension.

In classical Latin, [hae̯.maˈkʰaː.teːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.maˈkaː.tes].

noun · masculinefirst declension

haemachātēs m (genitive haemachātae)

Classical[hae̯.maˈkʰaː.teːs]Ecclesiastical[e.maˈkaː.tes]

blood agate, hemachate (agate the colour of blood)
Sunt et qui usti redolent myrrhae odorem: haemachates sanguineis maculis inrubescit; sed qui maxime probantur uitream habent perspicuitatem, ut Cyprius: nam qui sunt facie cerea abundantes triuialiter negleguntur. Omnis ambitus huius insulae clauditur stadiorum tribus milibus.c. 250 CE, Solinus, De mirabilibus mundi 5.27

haemăchātes, ae, m., = αἱμαχάτης,

I. blood-colored agate, a precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 139.

From Ancient Greek *αἱμᾰχᾱ́της m (*haimăkhā́tēs), from αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”) + ᾰ̓χᾱ́της (ăkhā́tēs, “agate”).

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