cistophorus

== English == === Noun === cistophorus (plural cistophoruses or cistophori) an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista ==== Related terms ==== cistophoric == Latin == === Etymology === From κιστοφόρος (kistophóros). See also cista. === Noun === cistophorus m (genitive cistophorī); second declension bearer of the sacred casket cistophorus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “cistophorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cistophorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “cistophorus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “cistophorus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “cistophorus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin