cissitis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kisˈsiː.tis/, [kɪs̠ˈs̠iːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃisˈsi.tis/, [t͡ʃisˈsiːt̪is]

Noun

cissītis f (genitive cissītidis); third declension

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

Declension

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

• “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.