bastardus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Frankish *bāst (“marriage”), or from Vulgar Latin bastum (“packsaddle”), thus a child born while travelling; see bastard.

Adjective

bastardus (feminine bastarda, neuter bastardum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. bastard (of illegitimate descent)

   Antonym: lēgitimus

   Hyponyms: nothus, spurius

2. impure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bastardus	bastarda	bastardum		bastardī	bastardae	bastarda
Genitive	bastardī	bastardae	bastardī		bastardōrum	bastardārum	bastardōrum
Dative	bastardō		bastardō		bastardīs
Accusative	bastardum	bastardam	bastardum		bastardōs	bastardās	bastarda
Ablative	bastardō	bastardā	bastardō		bastardīs
Vocative	bastarde	bastarda	bastardum		bastardī	bastardae	bastarda

Derived terms

• abastardō
• bastardia

Descendants

• Old French: bastard
  • French: bâtard
  • → Galician: bastardo
  • → Middle Dutch: bastaert
    • Dutch: bastaard
      • → Indonesian: bastar
      • →? Saramaccan: bása
      • →? Sranan Tongo: basra
  • → Middle English: bastard, bastarde, basterd, bastart
    • English: bastard
    • Scots: bastart, bastert

Noun

bastardus m (genitive bastardī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bastard

   Synonym: illēgitimus

   • 1430, Statuta Sabaudiae [Statutes of Savoy], book 3, chapter 3:

     Filii legitimi bastardorum nobilium non debent deferre cognomen et arma ipsorum nobilium, nisi de licentia capitis illius generis.

     The legitimate sons of noble bastards must not pass on the surname and arms of those nobles, unless permitted by the head of their family.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bastardus	bastardī
Genitive	bastardī	bastardōrum
Dative	bastardō	bastardīs
Accusative	bastardum	bastardōs
Ablative	bastardō	bastardīs
Vocative	bastarde	bastardī

References

• bastardus 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)
• bastardus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “bastardus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 87