pistor
Latin
Etymology
From pīnsō (“pound, beat”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpiːs.tɔr], [ˈpɪs.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpis.t̪or]
- Note: the original short vowel was apparently prone to analogical substitution from pīnsō.
Noun
pī̆stor m (genitive pī̆stōris, feminine pī̆strīx); third declension
- (originally) pounder of far / spelt (a slave who grinds it into flour)
- (from ~2c. BC, when bread baking becomes a trade) miller and/or baker
Declension
Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | pī̆stor | pī̆stōrēs |
genitive | pī̆stōris | pī̆stōrum |
dative | pī̆stōrī | pī̆stōribus |
accusative | pī̆stōrem | pī̆stōrēs |
ablative | pī̆stōre | pī̆stōribus |
vocative | pī̆stor | pī̆stōrēs |
Derived terms
- pī̆strīx
- pī̆strīnum
Descendants
References
- “pistor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pistor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "pistor", 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)
- pistor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pistor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pistor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “pistor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Venetan
Etymology
Derived from Latin pī̆stor (“miller; baker”).
Noun
pistor m (plural pistori)
Derived terms
- pistora
- pistorìa
Further reading
- Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “pistor”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 282