carissa

See also: Carissa

English

Noun

carissa (plural carissas)

1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Carissa.

Latin

Alternative forms

• carīsa

Etymology

Maybe from Etruscan.

Noun

carissa f (genitive carissae); first declension

1. an artful woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	carissa	carissae
genitive	carissae	carissārum
dative	carissae	carissīs
accusative	carissam	carissās
ablative	carissā	carissīs
vocative	carissa	carissae

References

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