pistacia
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name.
Noun edit
pistacia (plural pistacias)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πιστᾰκία (pistakía).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pisˈta.ki.a/, [pɪs̠ˈt̪äkiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pisˈta.t͡ʃi.a/, [pisˈt̪äːt͡ʃiä]
Noun edit
pistacia f (genitive pistaciae); first declension
- a pistachio tree
Declension edit
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 edit
- pistacium (“pistacio nut”)
Noun edit
pistacia
Further reading edit
- “pistacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press