Carystus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάρυστος (Kárustos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈrys.tus/, [käˈrʏs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈris.tus/, [käˈrist̪us]

Proper noun

Carystus f sg (genitive Carystī); second declension

1. A town of Euboea famous for its marble

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Carystus
Genitive	Carystī
Dative	Carystō
Accusative	Carystum
Ablative	Carystō
Vocative	Caryste
Locative	Carystī

Related terms

• Carystēus
• Carystius

References

• “Carystos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Carystus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Carystus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly