calathiscus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καλαθίσκος (kalathískos), diminutive of κάλαθος (kálathos, basket, whence Latin calathus).

Pronunciation

Noun

calathiscus m (genitive calathiscī); second declension

  1. a small wicker basket

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative calathiscus calathiscī
genitive calathiscī calathiscōrum
dative calathiscō calathiscīs
accusative calathiscum calathiscōs
ablative calathiscō calathiscīs
vocative calathisce calathiscī

References

  • calathiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calathiscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers