calathiscus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καλαθίσκος (kalathískos), diminutive of κάλαθος (kálathos, “basket”, whence Latin calathus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈtʰis.kus/, [käɫ̪äˈt̪ʰɪs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈtis.kus/, [käläˈt̪iskus]

Noun

calathiscus m (genitive calathiscī); second declension

1. a small wicker basket

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calathiscus	calathiscī
Genitive	calathiscī	calathiscōrum
Dative	calathiscō	calathiscīs
Accusative	calathiscum	calathiscōs
Ablative	calathiscō	calathiscīs
Vocative	calathisce	calathiscī

References

• “calathiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “calathiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers