"-ites" meaning in All languages combined

See -ites on Wiktionary

Suffix [Latin]

IPA: /iː.teːs/ [Classical-Latin], [iːt̪eːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /i.tes/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [it̪es] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Adopted in Latin as part of Greek loanwords, as -ītēs, often also as -īta. Often in Biblical tribal names. Thus either Levītēs or Levīta, plural in -ītae. In medieval Latin of religious groups, such as Marcionītae, Ebiōnītae, Monophysītae, etc. Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|-ῑ́της}} Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-ītēs<1>}} Forms: -ītēs [canonical, masculine], -ītae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ītēs [nominative, singular], -ītae [nominative, plural], -ītae [genitive, singular], -ītārum [genitive, plural], -ītae [dative, singular], -ītīs [dative, plural], -ītēn [accusative, singular], -ītās [accusative, plural], -ītē [ablative, singular], -ītīs [ablative, plural], -ītē [singular, vocative], -ītae [plural, vocative]
  1. adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to" Tags: declension-1, morpheme

Suffix [Translingual]

Etymology: From Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Etymology templates: {{bor|mul|la|-ītēs}} Latin -ītēs, {{der|mul|grc|-ῑ́της}} Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) Head templates: {{head|mul|suffix}} -ites
  1. (taxonomy) Used to form taxonomic names, normally masculine. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Taxonomy
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      "form": "-ītārum",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "ipa": "/i.tes/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      ],
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        "(taxonomy) Used to form taxonomic names, normally masculine."
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