παστίτσιο

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio,[1] from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from *pastīcius (of dough), from Late Latin pasta (paste; pasta), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, barley porridge), from παστός (pastós, sprinkled with salt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈsti.t͡sço/, /paˈsti.t͡si̯o/, (Italian pronunciation) /paˈstit.t͡ʃo/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧στί‧τσιο

Noun

παστίτσιο • (pastítsion (plural παστίτσια)

  1. pastichio, pastitsio (a Greek dish made with cheese, chopped meat and pasta, resembling lasagna)

Declension

Declension of παστίτσιο
singular plural
nominative παστίτσιο (pastítsio) παστίτσια (pastítsia)
genitive παστίτσιου (pastítsiou) παστίτσιων (pastítsion)
accusative παστίτσιο (pastítsio) παστίτσια (pastítsia)
vocative παστίτσιο (pastítsio) παστίτσια (pastítsia)

References

  1. ^ παστίτσιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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