pistrinum
Latin
Etymology
From pistor (“baker”) + -īnus.
Noun
pistrīnum n (genitive pistrīnī); second declension
- mill
- bakery
- (figuratively) drudgery, oppressive labor
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pistrīnum | pistrīna |
| genitive | pistrīnī | pistrīnōrum |
| dative | pistrīnō | pistrīnīs |
| accusative | pistrīnum | pistrīna |
| ablative | pistrīnō | pistrīnīs |
| vocative | pistrīnum | pistrīna |
Derived terms
- pistrīnārius
Descendants
- Italian: pistrino
- Old French: pestrin
- French: pétrin
- Middle High German: phistrine, pfistrine, phister, pfister
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
- Portuguese: pistrina
References
- “pistrinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pistrinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pistrinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pistrinum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pistrinum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin