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LNS

cista, cistae

cista

κίστη

noun (f., 1^st declension)

a wooden box or basket, often woven of slips or twigs, used for keeping money, clothes, books, fruit
In mystical religious festivals, a box for holding the sacred utensils
A box for depositing the votes in assemblies of the people

Abbreviations

cista, ae, f., = κίστη, a wooden box or basket, often woven of slips or twigs, used for keeping money, clothes, books, fruit, etc. In gen., Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 60; 16, 40, 77, § 209; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197; * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54; Ov. M. 2, 554; Col. 12, 54, 2; Poet. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 19; Juv. 3, 206; 6, 44; Dig. 16, 3, 1.

— Esp. In mystical religious festivals, a box for holding the sacred utensils, Cat. 64, 259; Ov. A. A. 2, 609; Tib. 1, 7, 48; Val. Fl. 2, 267; App. M. 6, p. 174; 11, p. 262.

— A box for depositing the votes in assemblies of the people, Plin. 33, 2, 7, § 31; Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 91, 24; Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21; Ascon. ap. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24; cf. Dict. of Antiq.