mystrum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μύστρον (mústron).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmys.trum/, [ˈmʏs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmis.trum/, [ˈmist̪rum]
Noun edit
mystrum n (genitive mystrī); second declension
- The fourth part of a cyathus, a measure for liquids
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mystrum | mystra |
| Genitive | mystrī | mystrōrum |
| Dative | mystrō | mystrīs |
| Accusative | mystrum | mystra |
| Ablative | mystrō | mystrīs |
| Vocative | mystrum | mystra |
References edit
- “mystrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mystrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mystrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mystrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin