pullastra

Latin

Etymology

pullus (“chick, chicken”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pulˈlas.tra/, [pʊlˈlʲäs̠t̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pulˈlas.tra/, [pulˈläst̪rä]

Noun

pullastra f (genitive pullastrae); first declension

1. a young hen, pullet

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pullastra	pullastrae
Genitive	pullastrae	pullastrārum
Dative	pullastrae	pullastrīs
Accusative	pullastram	pullastrās
Ablative	pullastrā	pullastrīs
Vocative	pullastra	pullastrae

Related terms

• pullus
• pullārius
• pullulus
• pullō
• pullicēnus

Descendants

• Italian: pollastro, pollastra
• Sicilian: puḍḍastru, puḍḍastra

See also

• “pullastra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pullastra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pullastra in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung