chrisma

See also: Chrisma

English

Noun

chrisma

  1. plural of chrismon

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsmă, “unction”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    chrīsma n (genitive chrīsmatis); third declension

    1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) anointing, unction

    Declension

    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative chrīsma chrīsmata
    genitive chrīsmatis chrīsmatum
    dative chrīsmatī chrīsmatibus
    accusative chrīsma chrīsmata
    ablative chrīsmate chrīsmatibus
    vocative chrīsma chrīsmata

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: cresima
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • ⇒ Old French: cresme, creme (see there for further descendants)

    Borrowings:

    References

    • “chrisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “chrisma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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