cistula

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Latin

Etymology

From cista (“a trunk, a chest, a casket”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkis.tu.la/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃis.tu.la/,

Noun

cistula f (genitive cistulae); first declension

a basket
- c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon :
  Ubi patera nunc est? —In cistulā.
  Where is the dish now? —In the basket.
diminutive of cista: a small chest

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cistula	cistulae
Genitive	cistulae	cistulārum
Dative	cistulae	cistulīs
Accusative	cistulam	cistulās
Ablative	cistulā	cistulīs
Vocative	cistula	cistulae

Derived terms

cistella

References

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

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