calamister

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Collateral form of calamistrum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.laˈmis.ter/, [käɫ̪äˈmɪs̠t̪ɛr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.laˈmis.ter/, [käläˈmist̪er]

Noun

calamister m (genitive calamistrī); second declension

  1. curling iron, curling tongs

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calamister calamistrī
Genitive calamistrī calamistrōrum
Dative calamistrō calamistrīs
Accusative calamistrum calamistrōs
Ablative calamistrō calamistrīs
Vocative calamister calamistrī

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
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