canistrum
Latin
Alternative forms
- canistri m (in the plural)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron, “basket of reeds”). Equivalent to canna (“reed”) + -trum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈnis.trum/, [käˈnɪs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈnis.trum/, [käˈnist̪rum]
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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