-ites

See also: ITEs

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Suffix

-ites

1. (taxonomy) Used to form taxonomic names, normally masculine.

Derived terms

Translingual terms suffixed with -ites

Aleurites

Arietites

Attenborites

Favosites

Halysites

Nummulites

Paleolepidopterites

Porites

Rhynchites

English

Etymology 1

From -ite +‎ -s (regular plural suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-aɪts/

Suffix

-ites

1. plural of -ite

Etymology 2

Analoguous to words such as thesis (whose plural is theses).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈaɪtiːz/

Suffix

-ites

1. (rare) plural of -itis

   conjunctivitis → conjunctivitises

   appendicitis → appendicites

   urethritis → urethrites

Latin

Etymology

Derived 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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iː.teːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.tes]

Suffix

-ītēs m (genitive -ītae); first declension

1. adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	-ītēs	-ītae
genitive	-ītae	-ītārum
dative	-ītae	-ītīs
accusative	-ītēn	-ītās
ablative	-ītē	-ītīs
vocative	-ītē	-ītae

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ites

-itanus

Beniamitae

cosmopolites

Ephthalites

Gaditanus

Maronitae

murrites

porphyrites

Syenites

Descendants

• English: -ite
• French: -ite
• German: -it