antistita

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Latin

Etymology

From antistes (overseer, high priest) +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Noun

antistita f (genitive antistitae, masculine antistes); first declension

  1. (high) priestess

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative antistita antistitae
genitive antistitae antistitārum
dative antistitae antistitīs
accusative antistitam antistitās
ablative antistitā antistitīs
vocative antistita antistitae

References

  • antistita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antistita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • antistita 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)
  • antistita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.