transtrum

Latin

Etymology

From trāns +‎ -trum (“instrumental suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtran.strum/, [ˈt̪rä̃ːs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtran.strum/, [ˈt̪ränst̪rum]

Noun

trānstrum n (genitive trānstrī); second declension

1. crossbeam, transom
2. thwart of a vessel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trānstrum	trānstra
Genitive	trānstrī	trānstrōrum
Dative	trānstrō	trānstrīs
Accusative	trānstrum	trānstra
Ablative	trānstrō	trānstrīs
Vocative	trānstrum	trānstra

Derived terms

• trānstillum

Descendants

• → Breton: treust
• Catalan: trast, trasto
• → Middle English: traunsom
  • English: transom
• Galician: traste, trasto
• Old French: trastre, trestre, traste, treste
  • → Middle English: trest
• Portuguese: traste, trasto
• Spanish: traste, trasto
• → Welsh: trawst

References

• “transtrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “transtrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• transtrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “transtrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers