bastardus

Latin

Uncertain, perhaps from Frankish *bāst (“marriage”), or from Vulgar Latin bastum (“packsaddle”), thus a child born while travelling; see bastard.

bastardus (feminine bastarda, neuter bastardum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	bastardus	bastarda	bastardum	bastardī	bastardae	bastarda
genitive	bastardī	bastardae	bastardī	bastardōrum	bastardārum	bastardōrum
dative	bastardō	bastardae	bastardō	bastardīs
accusative	bastardum	bastardam	bastardum	bastardōs	bastardās	bastarda
ablative	bastardō	bastardā	bastardō	bastardīs
vocative	bastarde	bastarda	bastardum	bastardī	bastardae	bastarda

bastardus m (genitive bastardī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) bastard
Synonym: illēgitimus
- 1430, Statuta Sabaudiae [Statutes of Savoy], book 3, chapter 3:
  Filii legitimi bastardorum nobilium non debent deferre cognomen et arma ipsorum nobilium, nisi de licentia capitis illius generis.
  The legitimate sons of noble bastards must not pass on the surname and arms of those nobles, unless permitted by the head of their family.

Second-declension noun.

"bastardus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
bastardus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “bastardus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 87