pistacium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πιστᾰ́κιον (pistákion). See also πιστάκη (pistákē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pisˈta.ki.um/, [pɪs̠ˈt̪äkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pisˈta.t͡ʃi.um/, [pisˈt̪äːt͡ʃium]
- Note: the single poetic attestation in Late Latin displays a long /ā/.
Noun edit
pistacium n (genitive pistaciī or pistacī); second declension
- A pistachio nut
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pistacium | pistacia |
| Genitive | pistaciī pistacī1 |
pistaciōrum |
| Dative | pistaciō | pistaciīs |
| Accusative | pistacium | pistacia |
| Ablative | pistaciō | pistaciīs |
| Vocative | pistacium | pistacia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms edit
- pistacia (“pistachio tree”)
Descendants edit
Descendants
- → Czech: pistácie
- → Danish: pistacie
- → Estonian: pistaatsia
- → German: Pistazie
- → Hungarian: pisztácia
- → Icelandic: pistasía
- → Italian: pistacchio (see there for further descendants)
- → Latvian: pistācija
- → Lower Sorbian: pistacija
- → Norwegian: pistasie
- → Old French: pistace
- French: pistache (see there for further descendants)
- → Polish: pistacja
- → Portuguese: pistácio, pistácia
- Romansch: pistazia
- → Slovene: pistacija
- → Upper Sorbian: pistacija
Further reading edit
- “pistacium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press