Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἔρεισμα (éreisma).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

erīsma n (genitive erīsmatis); third declension

  1. (architecture) A buttress

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative erīsma erīsmata
Genitive erīsmatis erīsmatum
Dative erīsmatī erīsmatibus
Accusative erīsma erīsmata
Ablative erīsmate erīsmatibus
Vocative erīsma erīsmata

References edit

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