paluster

Latin

Etymology

From palūs (“swamp, bog”) +‎ -estris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈluːs.ter/, [päˈɫ̪uːs̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈlus.ter/, [päˈlust̪er]

Adjective

palūster (feminine palūstris, neuter palūstre); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. swampy, marshy; boggy.

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	palūster	palūstris	palūstre		palūstrēs		palūstria
Genitive	palūstris				palūstrium
Dative	palūstrī				palūstribus
Accusative	palūstrem		palūstre		palūstrēs		palūstria
Ablative	palūstrī				palūstribus
Vocative	palūster	palūstris	palūstre		palūstrēs		palūstria

Synonyms

• (swampy): palūdester, palūdōsus

Related terms

• palūdester
• palūdicola
• palūdifer
• palūdigena
• palūdivagus
• palūdōsus
• palūs

Descendants

• Catalan: palustre
• French: palustre
• Italian: palustre
• Portuguese: palustre
• Russian: Полюстрово (Poljustrovo)
• Spanish: palustre

References

• “paluster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paluster”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paluster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.