histon

See also: Histon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱστών (histṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhis.toːn/, [ˈhɪs̠t̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ton/, [ˈist̪on]

Noun

histōn m (genitive histōnis); third declension

1. A weaving room, the place where the loom stands

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	histōn	histōnēs
genitive	histōnis	histōnum
dative	histōnī	histōnibus
accusative	histōnem	histōnēs
ablative	histōne	histōnibus
vocative	histōn	histōnēs

References

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