pilastrum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From pīla (“pillar”) + -astrum (“quality-reducing suffix”), thus meaning roughly "incomplete pillar", as pilasters lack the full volume of the element they represent. Compare palliastrum, referring to a poor pallium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /piːˈlas.trum/, [piːˈɫ̪äs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piˈlas.trum/, [piˈläst̪rum]
Noun edit
pīlastrum n (genitive pīlastrī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, architecture) pilaster (rectangular pillar built into a wall)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pīlastrum | pīlastra |
| Genitive | pīlastrī | pīlastrōrum |
| Dative | pīlastrō | pīlastrīs |
| Accusative | pīlastrum | pīlastra |
| Ablative | pīlastrō | pīlastrīs |
| Vocative | pīlastrum | pīlastra |