Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κισσῖτις (kissîtis), from κισσός (kissós, ivy).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cissītis f (genitive cissītidis); third declension

  1. A kind of gem of the color of the ivy

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cissītis cissītidēs
Genitive cissītidis cissītidum
Dative cissītidī cissītidibus
Accusative cissītidem cissītidēs
Ablative cissītide cissītidibus
Vocative cissītis cissītidēs

References edit

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