carissa

See also: Carissa

English

Noun

carissa (plural carissas)

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Carissa.

Latin

Alternative forms

• carīsa

Etymology

Maybe from Etruscan.

Noun

carissa f (genitive carissae); first declension

1. an artful woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	carissa	carissae
Genitive	carissae	carissārum
Dative	carissae	carissīs
Accusative	carissam	carissās
Ablative	carissā	carissīs
Vocative	carissa	carissae

References

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