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cistophorus

cistophorus noun: an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista.

Noun

cistophorus (plural cistophoruses or cistophori)

  1. an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista

Forms of cistophorus

pluralcistophoruses
pluralcistophori

Questions about cistophorus

What does cistophorus mean?
Cistophorus means an Asiatic coin, worth about four drachmas, on which was stamped a cista.
What part of speech is cistophorus?
Cistophorus is a noun.
What is the plural of cistophorus?
The plural of cistophorus is cistophoruses.

Words near cistophorus in the dictionary

  1. cisticolids
  2. cistinexine
  3. cistocardin
  4. cistophori
  5. cistophoric
  6. cistophorus
  7. cistrome
  8. cistromes
  9. cistromic
  10. cistromics
  11. cistron

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