pistacia

See also: Pistacia and pistácia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

pistacia (plural pistacias)

1. (botany) Any of the tree genus Pistacia, including the pistachio.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πιστακία (pistakía)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pisˈtaː.ki.a/, [pɪs̠ˈt̪äːkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.t͡ʃi.a/, [pisˈt̪äːt͡ʃiä]

Noun

pistācia f (genitive pistāciae); first declension

1. A pistachio tree

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pistācia	pistāciae
Genitive	pistāciae	pistāciārum
Dative	pistāciae	pistāciīs
Accusative	pistāciam	pistāciās
Ablative	pistāciā	pistāciīs
Vocative	pistācia	pistāciae

Related terms

• pistācium (“pistacio nut”)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) pistācia

1. nominative plural of pistācium
2. accusative plural of pistācium
3. vocative plural of pistācium

References

• “pistacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press