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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin basterna, probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈstɛr.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrna
  • Hyphenation: ba‧stèr‧na

Noun

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basterna f (plural basterne)

  1. kind of cart used by Romans
  2. (literary) any kind of cart

Anagrams

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Latin

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A mule-borne basterna.

Etymology

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Probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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basterna f (genitive basternae); first declension

  1. A kind of enclosed animal-borne litter.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative basterna basternae
genitive basternae basternārum
dative basternae basternīs
accusative basternam basternās
ablative basternā basternīs
vocative basterna basternae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: βαστέρνιον (bastérnion)
  • French: basterne
  • Italian: basterna

References

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  • basterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • basterna 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)
  • basterna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • basterna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin