capisterium

== Latin == === Alternative forms === scaphistērium === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σκαφιστήριον (skaphistḗrion, “vessel used for cleaning, separating seed grain from the rest”), from σκάφος (skáphos, “ship's hull, hollow”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.pɪsˈteː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.pisˈtɛː.ri.um] === Noun === capistērium n (genitive capistēriī or capistērī); second declension vessel used for cleaning, separating seed grain from the rest (Medieval Latin) beehive Synonym: alveus (Medieval Latin) sieve Synonym: crībrum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Abruzzese: capistieru, capistiera Old French: chastoire, chatoire (“beehive”) → Old High German: chafteri (“beehive”), Middle High German: chafter (“beehive; little chamber, closet”) German: Käfter (“little chamber, closet”) → Hungarian: kaptár (“beehive”) Italian: capisteo (“agricultural container”) Romanian: căpistere (“kneading trough”) === References === “capisterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "capisterium", 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) “capisterium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “capisterium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin