erisma

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔρεισμα (éreisma).

Pronunciation

Noun

erīsma n (genitive erīsmatis); third declension

  1. (architecture) A buttress

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative erīsma erīsmata
genitive erīsmatis erīsmatum
dative erīsmatī erīsmatibus
accusative erīsma erīsmata
ablative erīsmate erīsmatibus
vocative erīsma erīsmata

References

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