pistacia
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
pistacia (plural pistacias)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πιστᾰκία (pistăkía).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɪsˈta.ki.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pisˈt̪aː.t͡ʃi.a]
Noun
pistacia f (genitive pistaciae); first declension
- a pistachio tree
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pistacia | pistaciae |
| genitive | pistaciae | pistaciārum |
| dative | pistaciae | pistaciīs |
| accusative | pistaciam | pistaciās |
| ablative | pistaciā | pistaciīs |
| vocative | pistacia | pistaciae |
Related terms
- pistacium (“pistacio nut”)
Noun
pistacia
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pistacium
Further reading
- “pistacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press