palliastrum

Latin

Etymology

From palli(um) (“large cloak worn by Greek philosophers”) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation

Noun

palliastrum n (genitive palliastrī); second declension

  1. A poor or ragged cloak or mantle.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative palliastrum palliastra
genitive palliastrī palliastrōrum
dative palliastrō palliastrīs
accusative palliastrum palliastra
ablative palliastrō palliastrīs
vocative palliastrum palliastra

References

  • “palliastrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "palliastrum", 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)
  • palliastrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “palliastrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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