cissitis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κισσῖτις (kissîtis), from κισσός (kissós, “ivy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cissītis f (genitive cissītidis); third declension

  1. A kind of gem of the color of the ivy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cissītis cissītidēs
genitive cissītidis cissītidum
dative cissītidī cissītidibus
accusative cissītidem cissītidēs
ablative cissītide cissītidibus
vocative cissītis cissītidēs

References

  • “cissitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cissitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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