peditastellus

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Plautus, from pedes (“foot soldier, infantryman”, oblique stem pedit-) +‎ -aster +‎ -lus.

Pronunciation

Noun

peditastellus m (genitive peditastellī); second declension

  1. (derogatory, hapax legomenon, military) a foot soldier, infantryman.
    • c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 54:
      Pyrg. At peditastelli quia erant, sivi viverent.
      Pyrg. But because they were mere infantrymen, I let them live.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative peditastellus peditastellī
genitive peditastellī peditastellōrum
dative peditastellō peditastellīs
accusative peditastellum peditastellōs
ablative peditastellō peditastellīs
vocative peditastelle peditastellī

References

  • “pĕdĭtastellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pĕdĭtastellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • peditastellus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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