palimpsestus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pa.lɪmpˈseːs.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.limpˈsɛs.t̪us]
Noun
palimpsēstus m (genitive palimpsēstī); second declension
- A palimpsest; a manuscript scraped clean for reuse.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | palimpsēstus | palimpsēstī |
| genitive | palimpsēstī | palimpsēstōrum |
| dative | palimpsēstō | palimpsēstīs |
| accusative | palimpsēstum | palimpsēstōs |
| ablative | palimpsēstō | palimpsēstīs |
| vocative | palimpsēste | palimpsēstī |
Descendants
- Catalan: palimpsest
- English: palimpsest
- French: palimpseste m
- Italian: palinsesto m
- Romanian: palimpsest n
- Russian: палимпсест (palimpsest)
- Spanish: palimpsesto m
References
- “palimpsestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “palimpsestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "palimpsestus", 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)
- palimpsestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.