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Latin
Etymology
Via Ancient Greek κίδαρις (kídaris) from Semitic, see Old Armenian կատար (katar).
Noun
cidaris f (genitive cidaris); third declension
- diadem, tiara, headdress (especially one worn by Persian kings)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e).
References
- “cidaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cidaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cidaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cidaris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cidaris”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin