palimpsestus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.limpˈseːs.tus/, [pälʲɪmpˈs̠eːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.limpˈses.tus/, [pälimpˈsɛst̪us]

Noun

palimpsēstus m (genitive palimpsēstī); second declension

1. A palimpsest; a manuscript scraped clean for reuse.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palimpsēstus	palimpsēstī
Genitive	palimpsēstī	palimpsēstōrum
Dative	palimpsēstō	palimpsēstīs
Accusative	palimpsēstum	palimpsēstōs
Ablative	palimpsēstō	palimpsēstīs
Vocative	palimpsēste	palimpsēstī

Descendants

• Catalan: palimpsest
• English: palimpsest
• French: palimpseste m
• Italian: palinsesto m
• Romanian: palimpsest n
• Russian: палимпсест (palimpsest)
• Spanish: palimpsesto m

References

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