LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

chrēstomathia

chrēstomathia f (genitive chrēstomathiae)

Meaning

  1. New Latinchrestomathy

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativechrēstomathiachrēstomathiae
genitivechrēstomathiaechrēstomathiārum
dativechrēstomathiaechrēstomathiīs
accusativechrēstomathiamchrēstomathiās
ablativechrēstomathiāchrēstomathiīs
vocativechrēstomathiachrēstomathiae

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-der. Ancient Greek χρηστός (khrēstós) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *men(s)dʰh₁-der. Proto-Hellenic *məntʰánō Ancient Greek μᾰνθᾰ́νω (mănthắnō) Ancient Greek χρηστομᾰθέω (khrēstomăthéō) Ancient Greek χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ (khrēstomắtheiă)bor. Latin chrēstomathia Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ (khrēstomắtheiă).

Descendants
  • Englishchrestomathy
  • Frenchchrestomathie
  • GermanChrestomathie
  • Italiancrestomazia
  • Spanishcrestomatía
  • Finnishkrestomatia
  • Polishchrestomatia
  • Swedishkrestomati

In English words that came into English from chrēstomathia

  • chrestomathychrēstomathia

Quick answers

What does chrēstomathia mean in Latin?
chrēstomathia, a noun, means “chrestomathy”.
What is the genitive of chrēstomathia?
The genitive singular is chrēstomathiae. chrēstomathia is feminine, first declension.