calamister

Latin

Alternative forms

• calamistrum

Etymology

Collateral form of calamistrum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmis.ter/, [käɫ̪äˈmɪs̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈmis.ter/, [käläˈmist̪er]

Noun

calamister m (genitive calamistrī); second declension

1. curling iron, curling tongs

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calamister	calamistrī
Genitive	calamistrī	calamistrōrum
Dative	calamistrō	calamistrīs
Accusative	calamistrum	calamistrōs
Ablative	calamistrō	calamistrīs
Vocative	calamister	calamistrī

Related terms

• calamistratus

References

• “calamister”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “calamister”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calamister in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.