canistrum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cānastrum canistrī m (in the plural) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron, “basket of reeds”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈnɪs.trũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈnis.trum] === Noun === canistrum n (genitive canistrī); second declension wicker basket (used in sacrifices) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== canistellum ==== Descendants ==== === References === “canistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “canistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "canistrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “canistrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “canistrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “canistrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin