calathiscus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈtʰis.kus/, [käɫ̪äˈt̪ʰɪs̠kʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.laˈtis.kus/, [käläˈt̪iskus]

Noun

calathiscus m (genitive calathiscī); second declension

a small wicker basket

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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

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