carissa

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

carissa (plural carissas)

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

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Maybe from Etruscan.

Noun[edit]

carissa f (genitive carissae); first declension

  1. an artful woman

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

  • “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.
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