pistacia

See also: Pistacia and pistácia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

pistacia (plural pistacias)

1. (botany) Any of the tree genus Pistacia, including the pistachio.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πιστᾰκία (pistakía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.ki.a/, [pɪs̠ˈt̪äkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pisˈta.t͡ʃi.a/, [pisˈt̪äːt͡ʃiä]

Noun

pistacia f (genitive pistaciae); first declension

1. a pistachio tree

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pistacia	pistaciae
Genitive	pistaciae	pistaciārum
Dative	pistaciae	pistaciīs
Accusative	pistaciam	pistaciās
Ablative	pistaciā	pistaciīs
Vocative	pistacia	pistaciae

Related terms

• pistacium (“pistacio nut”)

Noun

pistacia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pistacium

Further reading

• “pistacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press