cistula

Latin

Etymology

From cista (“a trunk, a chest, a casket”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkis.tu.la/, [ˈkɪs̠t̪ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃis.tu.la/, [ˈt͡ʃist̪ulä]

Noun

cistula f (genitive cistulae); first declension

1. a basket
   • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon :

     Ubi patera nunc est? —In cistulā.

     Where is the dish now? —In the basket.

2. diminutive of cista: a small chest

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cistula	cistulae
Genitive	cistulae	cistulārum
Dative	cistulae	cistulīs
Accusative	cistulam	cistulās
Ablative	cistulā	cistulīs
Vocative	cistula	cistulae

Derived terms

• cistella

References

• “cistula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cistula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cistula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.