"cista" meaning in Latin

See cista in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkɪs.ta] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃis.ta] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:der|grc:κίστη}}, {{der|la|grc|κίστη}} Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē) Head templates: {{la-noun|cista<1>}} cista f (genitive cistae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cista<1>}} Forms: cistae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cista [nominative, singular], cistae [nominative, plural], cistae [genitive, singular], cistārum [genitive, plural], cistae [dative, singular], cistīs [dative, plural], cistam [accusative, singular], cistās [accusative, plural], cistā [ablative, singular], cistīs [ablative, plural], cista [singular, vocative], cistae [plural, vocative]
  1. a trunk, a chest, a casket Tags: declension-1, feminine Derived forms: cistella, cisterna, cistifer, cistophorus, cistula
    Sense id: en-cista-la-noun-wrSL3cwY Categories (other): Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Containers, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 2 31 36 26 2 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 31 37 26 2 1 1

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "cista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cist"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "ciste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Ziste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "chaista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "chista"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "Catalan",
              "lang_code": "ca",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
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            }
          ],
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "zesta"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "lang_code": "non",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*kistu"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cista<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "cista f (genitive cistae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cista<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Containers",
          "orig": "la:Containers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 31 36 26 2 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 1 31 37 26 2 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "cistella"
        },
        {
          "word": "cisterna"
        },
        {
          "word": "cistifer"
        },
        {
          "word": "cistophorus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cistula"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a trunk, a chest, a casket"
      ],
      "id": "en-cista-la-noun-wrSL3cwY",
      "links": [
        [
          "trunk",
          "trunk"
        ],
        [
          "chest",
          "chest"
        ],
        [
          "casket",
          "casket"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɪs.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃis.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cista"
}
{
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    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sh:Containers",
    "sh:Roads"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "cistella"
    },
    {
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "word": "cistifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "cistophorus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cistula"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "cista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cist"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "ciste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Ziste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "chaista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "chista"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Catalan",
              "lang_code": "ca",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "cesta"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "zesta"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cesta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "lang_code": "non",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kista"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
      "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*kistu"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cista",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cista<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "cista f (genitive cistae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cista<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a trunk, a chest, a casket"
      ],
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        [
          "trunk",
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        ],
        [
          "chest",
          "chest"
        ],
        [
          "casket",
          "casket"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɪs.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃis.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cista"
}

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