cista
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cista. Doublet of cesta.
Pronunciation
Noun
cista f (plural cistes)
- (archaeology) cist
- A cover woven from esparto.
Further reading
- “cista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪsta]
- Hyphenation: cis‧ta
Noun
cista f
Declension
Further reading
- “cista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “cista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cista. Doublet of cesta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃis.ta/
- Rhymes: -ista
- Hyphenation: cì‧sta
Noun
cista f (plural ciste)
Further reading
- cista1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɪs.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃis.t̪a]
Noun
cista f (genitive cistae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cista | cistae |
| genitive | cistae | cistārum |
| dative | cistae | cistīs |
| accusative | cistam | cistās |
| ablative | cistā | cistīs |
| vocative | cista | cistae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Asturian: cesta
- Catalan: cista
- → English: cist (learned)
- French: ciste
- Galician: cesta
- → German: Ziste
- Italian: cesta; → cista (learned)
- Portuguese: cesta → cista (learned)
- Romansch: cesta, chaista, chista
- Spanish: cesta
- → Proto-West Germanic: *kistu (see there for further descendants)
- English: chest
References
- “cista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "cista", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “cista”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “cista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cista”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.
Alternative forms
Noun
cista f (Cyrillic spelling циста)
- (Chakavian, Ikavian) road
- 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
- I da ljudi huste zaskoče na cistih,
mače, ki to zuste tičući po mistih.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sîsta/
- Hyphenation: cis‧ta
Noun
cȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏ста)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cȉsta | ciste |
| genitive | ciste | cȋstā/cȋstī |
| dative | cisti | cistama |
| accusative | cistu | ciste |
| vocative | cisto | ciste |
| locative | cisti | cistama |
| instrumental | cistom | cistama |
Etymology 3
From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sîsta/
- Hyphenation: cis‧ta
Noun
cȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏ста)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cȉsta | ciste |
| genitive | ciste | cȋstā / cȋstī |
| dative | cisti | cistama |
| accusative | cistu | ciste |
| vocative | cisto | ciste |
| locative | cisti | cistama |
| instrumental | cistom | cistama |