"cistula" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cistulae [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cistula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cistula}} Latin cistula Head templates: {{en-noun|cistulae}} cistula (plural cistulae)
  1. A little box or chest.
    Sense id: en-cistula-en-noun-xGoW9F8n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 2 3

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈkɪs.tʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃis.tu.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From cista (“a trunk, a chest, a casket”) + -ula (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|la|cista|-ulus|alt2=-ula|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=a trunk, a chest, a casket}} cista (“a trunk, a chest, a casket”) + -ula (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|cistula<1>}} cistula f (genitive cistulae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cistula<1>}} Forms: cistulae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cistula [nominative, singular], cistulae [nominative, plural], cistulae [genitive, singular], cistulārum [genitive, plural], cistulae [dative, singular], cistulīs [dative, plural], cistulam [accusative, singular], cistulās [accusative, plural], cistulā [ablative, singular], cistulīs [ablative, plural], cistula [singular, vocative], cistulae [plural, vocative]
  1. a basket Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cistula-la-noun-nLT-dfZe Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -ulus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ulus: 50 50
  2. diminutive of cista: a small chest Tags: declension-1, diminutive, feminine, form-of Form of: cista (extra: a small chest)
    Sense id: en-cistula-la-noun-FNb47e8A Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ulus Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 44 56 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ulus: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cistella

Inflected forms

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