Amalecites

Latin

Alternative forms

Amālēcīta

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμᾱληκῑ́της (Amālēkī́tēs), in turn from Biblical Hebrew עֲמָלֵק ('Ămālēq) with Greek suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.maː.leːˈkiː.teːs/, [ämäːɫ̪eːˈkiːt̪eːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ma.leˈt͡ʃi.tes/, [ämäleˈt͡ʃiːt̪es]

Proper noun

Amālēcītēs m (genitive Amālēcītae); first declension

an Amalekite

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Amālēcītēs	Amālēcītae
Genitive	Amālēcītae	Amālēcītārum
Dative	Amālēcītae	Amālēcītīs
Accusative	Amālēcītēn	Amālēcītās
Ablative	Amālēcītē	Amālēcītīs
Vocative	Amālēcītē	Amālēcītae

References

“Amalecites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Amalecites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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