cistula
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cista (“a trunk, a chest, a casket”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkis.tu.la/, [ˈkɪs̠t̪ʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃis.tu.la/, [ˈt͡ʃist̪ulä]
Noun[edit]
cistula f (genitive cistulae); first declension
- a basket
- c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon :
- Ubi patera nunc est? —In cistulā.
- Where is the dish now? —In the basket.
- Ubi patera nunc est? —In cistulā.
- Diminutive of cista: a small chest
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cistula | cistulae |
| Genitive | cistulae | cistulārum |
| Dative | cistulae | cistulīs |
| Accusative | cistulam | cistulās |
| Ablative | cistulā | cistulīs |
| Vocative | cistula | cistulae |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “cistula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cistula 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)
- cistula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.