"cisterna" meaning in Latin

See cisterna in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɪsˈtɛr.na] [Classical-Latin], [t͡ʃisˈtɛr.na] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From cista + -erna, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|cista<id:chest>|-erna<id:container>|id=cistern}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "box", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κίστη", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cista", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "container", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-erna", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cisterna", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="cistern" data-lang="la" data-title="cisterna" id="Latin:_cistern">, {{af|la|cista|-erna}} cista + -erna, {{der|la|grc|κίστη|t=box}} Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cisterna<1>}} cisterna f (genitive cisternae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cisterna<1>}} Forms: cisternae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cisterna [nominative, singular], cisternae [nominative, plural], cisternae [genitive, singular], cisternārum [genitive, plural], cisternae [dative, singular], cisternīs [dative, plural], cisternam [accusative, singular], cisternās [accusative, plural], cisternā [ablative, singular], cisternīs [ablative, plural], cisterna [singular, vocative], cisternae [plural, vocative]
  1. cistern, tank (for water), reservoir Tags: declension-1, feminine

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "cistierna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "cistern"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "citerne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "cistierne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Zisterne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Istriot",
      "lang_code": "ist",
      "word": "zustierna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "cisternă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "cistérna",
      "word": "цисте́рна"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "chisterra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "cisterra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "jisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "sterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cisterno"
    }
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      },
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        "3": "-erna"
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κίστη",
        "t": "box"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cista + -erna, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”).",
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    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisterna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternārum",
          "cisternarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternīs",
          "cisternis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternās",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternās",
          "cisternas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternā",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternā",
          "cisterna#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternīs",
          "cisternis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisterna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cisterna<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "cisterna f (genitive cisternae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cisterna<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"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -erna",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 10 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)",
          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.5.15",
          "text": "bibe aquam dē cisternā tuā et fluenta puteī tuī",
          "translation": "Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cistern, tank (for water), reservoir"
      ],
      "id": "en-cisterna-la-noun-L--LTEYs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cistern",
          "cistern"
        ],
        [
          "tank",
          "tank"
        ],
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɪsˈtɛr.na]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃisˈtɛr.na]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cisterna"
}
{
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "cistierna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "cistern"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "citerne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "cistierne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Zisterne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Istriot",
      "lang_code": "ist",
      "word": "zustierna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "cisternă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "cistérna",
      "word": "цисте́рна"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "chisterra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "cisterra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "jisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "sterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cisterna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
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      ],
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    }
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      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From cista + -erna, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”).",
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    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisterna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternārum",
          "cisternarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternīs",
          "cisternis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternās",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternās",
          "cisternas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternā",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternā",
          "cisterna#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cisternīs",
          "cisternis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisterna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cisternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cisterna<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "cisterna f (genitive cisternae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cisterna<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-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 suffixed with -erna",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 10 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)",
          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.5.15",
          "text": "bibe aquam dē cisternā tuā et fluenta puteī tuī",
          "translation": "Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
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        "cistern, tank (for water), reservoir"
      ],
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          "cistern",
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          "tank",
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          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɪsˈtɛr.na]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃisˈtɛr.na]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cisterna"
}

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