cistophorus

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English

Noun

cistophorus (plural cistophoruses or cistophori)

  1. an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista

Latin

Etymology

From κιστοφόρος (kistophóros). See also cista.

Noun

cistophorus m (genitive cistophorī); second declension

  1. bearer of the sacred casket
  2. cistophorus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cistophorus cistophorī
genitive cistophorī cistophorōrum
dative cistophorō cistophorīs
accusative cistophorum cistophorōs
ablative cistophorō cistophorīs
vocative cistophore cistophorī

References

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