出典:Wiktionary
From Latin mefītis, mephītis, from the name of a Samnite goddess who personified the poisonous gases emitted from swamps and volcanoes.
mephitis (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 mephitises)
From Mephītis, the name of a Samnite goddess who personified or averted the poisonous gases emitted from swamps and volcanoes. The name is from Oscan (mefiú) and ultimately Proto-Italic *meðjos (“middle”), as in "one who is in the middle," the sense being that Mephitis encompasses earthly ideas between the subterranean and terrestrial worlds.[1]
mephītis f (genitive mephītis); third declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative 単数形 in -im, ablative 単数形 in -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | mephītis | mephītēs |
Genitive | mephītis | mephītium |
Dative | mephītī | mephītibus |
Accusative | mephītim | mephītēs mephītīs |
Ablative | mephītī | mephītibus |
Vocative | mephītis | mephītēs |