cisium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Celtic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈki.si.um/, [ˈkɪs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.si.um/, [ˈt͡ʃiːs̬ium]

Noun

cisium n (genitive cisiī or cisī); second declension

1. a light, two-wheeled carriage, a gig

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cisium	cisia
Genitive	cisiī cisī1	cisiōrum
Dative	cisiō	cisiīs
Accusative	cisium	cisia
Ablative	cisiō	cisiīs
Vocative	cisium	cisia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “cisium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cisium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cisium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cisium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cisium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin