cista

See also: čista, циста, and чиста

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cista. Doublet of cesta.

Noun

cista f (plural ciste)

1. cist

Further reading

• cista¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• casti

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkis.ta/, [ˈkɪs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃis.ta/, [ˈt͡ʃist̪ä]

Noun

cista f (genitive cistae); first declension

1. a trunk, a chest, a casket
2. vocative singular of cista

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cista	cistae
Genitive	cistae	cistārum
Dative	cistae	cistīs
Accusative	cistam	cistās
Ablative	cistā	cistīs
Vocative	cista	cistae

Descendants

• Asturian: cesta
• Dutch: kist
• English: chest, cist
• French: ciste
• German: Kiste

• Italian: cesta, cista
• Portuguese: cesta, cista
• Romansch: cesta, chaista, chista
• Scots: kist
• Spanish: cesta

Noun

(deprecated template usage) cistā f

1. ablative singular of cista

References

• “cista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cista 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)
• “cista”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “cista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cista”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian/Ekavian): cèsta

Noun

cista f (Cyrillic spelling циста)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) road
   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     I da ljudi huste zaskoče na cistih,

     mače, ki to zuste tičući po mistih.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sîsta/
• Hyphenation: cis‧ta

Noun

cȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏ста)

1. cyst

Declension

Declension of cista

	singular	plural
nominative	cȉsta	ciste
genitive	ciste	cȋstā/cȋstī
dative	cisti	cistama
accusative	cistu	ciste
vocative	cisto	ciste
locative	cisti	cistama
instrumental	cistom	cistama

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cista, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sîsta/
• Hyphenation: cis‧ta

Noun

cȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏ста)

1. cist

Declension

Declension of cista

	singular	plural
nominative	cȉsta	ciste
genitive	ciste	cȋstā / cȋstī
dative	cisti	cistama
accusative	cistu	ciste
vocative	cisto	ciste
locative	cisti	cistama
instrumental	cistom	cistama

References

• “cista” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “cista” in Hrvatski jezični portal