Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

calathiscus m (genitive calathiscī); second declension

  1. a small wicker basket

Declension edit

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 edit

  • 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