cisium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Celtic.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈki.si.um/, [ˈkɪs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.si.um/, [ˈt͡ʃiːs̬ium]

Noun

cisium n (genitive cisiī or cisī); second declension

  1. a light, two-wheeled carriage, a gig

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cisium cisia
Genitive cisiī
cisī1		 cisiōrum
Dative cisiō cisiīs
Accusative cisium cisia
Ablative cisiō cisiīs
Vocative cisium cisia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • “cisium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cisium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cisium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “cisium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cisium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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