cassita

Latin

Etymology

From cassis (“helmet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kasˈsiː.ta/, [käs̠ˈs̠iːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kasˈsi.ta/, [käsˈsiːt̪ä]

Noun

cassīta f (genitive cassītae); first declension

1. The crested lark

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cassīta	cassītae
Genitive	cassītae	cassītārum
Dative	cassītae	cassītīs
Accusative	cassītam	cassītās
Ablative	cassītā	cassītīs
Vocative	cassīta	cassītae

References

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