pilastrum

Latin

Etymology

From pīla (“pillar”) +‎ -astrum (“quality-reducing suffix”), thus meaning roughly "incomplete pillar", as pilasters lack the full volume of the element they represent. Compare palliastrum, referring to a poor pallium.

Pronunciation

Noun

pīlastrum n (genitive pīlastrī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, architecture) pilaster (rectangular pillar built into a wall)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative pīlastrum pīlastra
genitive pīlastrī pīlastrōrum
dative pīlastrō pīlastrīs
accusative pīlastrum pīlastra
ablative pīlastrō pīlastrīs
vocative pīlastrum pīlastra
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