calamister

== Latin == === Alternative forms === calamistrum === Etymology === Collateral form of calamistrum. For sense two, compare cincinnus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.ɫaˈmɪs.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.laˈmis.ter] === Noun === calamister m (genitive calamistrī); second declension curling iron, curling tongs (figuratively) an oratorical ornament too artificial, excessive or elaborate Synonym: cincinnus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Derived terms ==== calamistratus === References === “calamister”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “calamister”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “calamister”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.