noun · femininefirst declension
cassia
cassia f (genitive cassiae)
Classical[ˈkas.si.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈkas.si.a]
Meaning
- feminineChinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
- femininegolden shower (Cassia fistula)
690–750, Excerpta ex libro glossarum published in the Corpus glossariorum latinorum V page 179, 6 (Cassia fistula)
Cytisus is a kind of tree like juniper a sweet-smelling herb, greener and hardly serving the bees in comparison to goldenrain tree and rosemary.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cassia | cassiae casiae |
| genitive | cassiae casiae | cassiārum casiārum |
| dative | cassiae casiae | cassiīs casiīs |
| accusative | cassiam casiam | cassiās casiās |
| ablative | cassiā | cassiīs casiīs |
| vocative | cassia | cassiae casiae |
cassia, v. casia.
Origins
From Ancient Greek κασσία, κασία. κάσια (kassía, kasía. kásia), from Hebrew קְצִיעָה (qəṣīʿā), from Aramaic קְצִיעֲתָא (qəṣīʿătā), from קְצַע (qṣaʿ, “to cut off”).
In English words that came into English from cassia
- cassiacassia
- cassiscassia