Philistaeus

Latin

Alternative forms

Philisthaeus
Philistiim, Philisthiim (indeclinable)
Philistīnus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλισταῖος (Philistaîos), in turn from Biblical Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Peliští)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pʰɪ.lɪsˈtae̯.ʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fi.lisˈt̪ɛː.us]

Proper noun

Philistaeus m

(Late Latin) a Philistine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine		masculine	feminine
	singular			plural
nominative	Philistaeus	Philistaea		Philistaeī	Philistaeae
genitive	Philistaeī	Philistaeae		Philistaeōrum	Philistaeārum
dative	Philistaeō	Philistaeae		Philistaeīs	Philistaeīs
accusative	Philistaeum	Philistaeam		Philistaeōs	Philistaeās
ablative	Philistaeō	Philistaeā		Philistaeīs	Philistaeīs
vocative	Philistaee	Philistaea		Philistaeī	Philistaeae

Descendants

→ German: Philister
- → English: Philister
  - English: Philistine (influenced)
→ Italian: filisteo

References

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