noun · masculinesecond declension
riscus
riscus m (genitive riscī)
Meaning
- masculinebox, chest, trunk
- Medieval Latinmasculinewindow
Aliquando sine impluvio exstructum, aedificii molem constituit compressam, paucis columnis nixam, luminis admittentem modicum per riscos affabre clat[h]ratos.
1712, Engelbert Kaempfer, Amoenitatēs Exoticae I.8.107
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | riscus | riscī |
| genitive | riscī | riscōrum |
| dative | riscō | riscīs |
| accusative | riscum | riscōs |
| ablative | riscō | riscīs |
| vocative | risce | riscī |
riscus, i, m., = ῥίσκος,
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
riscus ī, m
, ῥίσκος, a trunk, chest, T.
Origins
A borrowing, probably ultimately from Proto-Celtic *rūskos, in any case via Ancient Greek ῥίσκος (rhískos, “chest, trunk”). According to Beekes the change from the Celtic vowel is likely explained by the Ancient Greek word having been borrowed via Phrygian from Galatian.