gastaldus

Latin

Alternative forms

• castaldus, gastaldius

Etymology

Possibly from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 (*gastalds, “occupying”, “administering”, occurring in compound words), from 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gastaldan, “to acquire, possess”), or from Lombardic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡasˈtal.dus/, [ɡäs̠ˈt̪äɫ̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡasˈtal.dus/, [ɡäsˈt̪äl̪d̪us]

Noun

gastaldus m (genitive gastaldī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) manager, bailiff, steward

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gastaldus	gastaldī
Genitive	gastaldī	gastaldōrum
Dative	gastaldō	gastaldīs
Accusative	gastaldum	gastaldōs
Ablative	gastaldō	gastaldīs
Vocative	gastalde	gastaldī

Derived terms

• gastaldānus
• gastaldāticus
• gastaldātus
• gastaldia
• gastaldiānus
• gastaldiātus
• gastaldicum
• gastaldiō
• gastaldius

 

Descendants

• Italian: gastaldo

References

• gastaldus 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)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “gastaldius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 463/2