arista

arista (plural aristae or aristas)

1. (biology) One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes.

• Oxford English Dictionary

• Aritas, Ataris, Sarita, aartis, ataris, raitas, riatas, tairas, tarais, tarsia, tiaras

arista

1. Elative plural form of arka.

arista

1. Indicative present connegative form of aristaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of aristaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of aristaa.

• Sarita, arasti, raatsi, rasiat, rastia, ratsia, tsaari

Possibly from Ancient Greek ἄρῐστος (áristos, “the best”), as it is considered the most prized cut of pig meat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ris.ta/
• Hyphenation: à‧ri‧sta

arista f (plural ariste)

1. pork loin

From Latin arista. Doublet of resta.

• IPA^(key): /aˈris.ta/
• Hyphenation: a‧rì‧sta

arista f (plural ariste)

1. (biology, botany, zoology) arista
2. (literary) awn, ear (of grain)

• (ear of grain): resta, spiga

Most likely from Etruscan.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈris.ta/, [aˈrɪs.ta]

arista f (genitive aristae); first declension

1. awn (beard of grain)
2. ear of grain
3. harvest; summer

First declension.

• aristātus
• aristifer
• aristiger
• aristosus

• arista in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arista in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• arista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

arista f (plural aristas)

1. (biology) arista (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)

From Latin arista.

arista f (plural aristas)

1. (architecture) arris
2. (geometry) edge (place where two faces of a polyhedron meet)
3. (geology) arête