pistrinum

Latin

Etymology

From pistor (“baker”) +‎ -īnus.

Noun

pistrīnum n (genitive pistrīnī); second declension

1. mill
2. bakery
3. (figuratively) drudgery, oppressive labor

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pistrīnum	pistrīna
Genitive	pistrīnī	pistrīnōrum
Dative	pistrīnō	pistrīnīs
Accusative	pistrīnum	pistrīna
Ablative	pistrīnō	pistrīnīs
Vocative	pistrīnum	pistrīna

Derived terms

• pistrīnārius

Descendants

• Italian: pistrino
• Old French: pestrin
  • French: pétrin
• Middle High German: phistrine, pfistrine, phister, pfister
  • German: Pfisterei, Pfister
  • Slovene: pisker
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Portuguese: pistrina

References

• “pistrinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pistrinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pistrinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pistrinum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pistrinum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin