canistrum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron, basket of reeds). Equivalent to canna (reed) + -trum.

Pronunciation

Noun

canistrum n (genitive canistrī); second declension

  1. wicker basket (used in sacrifices)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative canistrum canistra
Genitive canistrī canistrōrum
Dative canistrō canistrīs
Accusative canistrum canistra
Ablative canistrō canistrīs
Vocative canistrum canistra

Descendants

References

  • canistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • canistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • canistrum 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)
  • canistrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • canistrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • canistrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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