canistrum

Latin

Alternative forms

• canistri m (in the plural)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron, “basket of reeds”). Equivalent to canna (“reed”) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈnis.trum/, [käˈnɪs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈnis.trum/, [käˈnist̪rum]

Noun

canistrum n (genitive canistrī); second declension

1. wicker basket (used in sacrifices)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	canistrum	canistra
Genitive	canistrī	canistrōrum
Dative	canistrō	canistrīs
Accusative	canistrum	canistra
Ablative	canistrō	canistrīs
Vocative	canistrum	canistra

Descendants

• Dalmatian: caniastro
• English: canister
  • → German: Kanister
  • → Polish: kanister
• Italian: canestro
• Spanish: canasta, canasto, canastillo

References

• “canistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “canistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• canistrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• canistrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “canistrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “canistrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin