cisthos
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κίσθος (kísthos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪs.tʰɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃis.t̪os]
Noun
cisthos m (genitive cisthī); second declension
- a plant of the genus Cistus
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cisthos | cisthī cisthoe |
| genitive | cisthī | cisthōrum |
| dative | cisthō | cisthīs |
| accusative | cisthon | cisthōs |
| ablative | cisthō | cisthīs |
| vocative | cisthe | cisthī cisthoe |
Descendants
- Translingual: Cistus
References
- “cisthos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cisthos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.