Latin edit

Etymology edit

From palli(um) (large cloak worn by Greek philosophers) +‎ -astrum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

palliastrum n (genitive palliastrī); second declension

  1. A poor or ragged cloak or mantle.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative palliastrum palliastra
Genitive palliastrī palliastrōrum
Dative palliastrō palliastrīs
Accusative palliastrum palliastra
Ablative palliastrō palliastrīs
Vocative palliastrum palliastra

Related terms edit

References edit

  • palliastrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palliastrum 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)
  • palliastrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • palliastrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers