filiaster

Latin

Etymology

From fīli(us) (“son”) +‎ -aster. Found in Late Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiː.liˈas.ter/, [fiːlʲiˈäs̠t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.liˈas.ter/, [filiˈäst̪er]

Noun

fīliaster m (genitive fīliastrī, feminine fīliastra); second declension

1. stepson
2. son-in-law
3. nephew, sister's son

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fīliaster	fīliastrī
Genitive	fīliastrī	fīliastrōrum
Dative	fīliastrō	fīliastrīs
Accusative	fīliastrum	fīliastrōs
Ablative	fīliastrō	fīliastrīs
Vocative	fīliaster	fīliastrī

Coordinate terms

• filiastra

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: hiljastru, hiljeastru
  • Romanian: fiastru
  • → Albanian: thjeshtër
• Dalmatian:
  • fejustro
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: figliastro
  • Sicilian: figghiastru
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: fiastri
  • Venetian: fiastro, fiolastro
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • French: fillâtre
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: fillastro
  • Catalan: fillastre
  • Occitan: filhastre
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: fiastru
  • Galician: fillastro
  • Portuguese: filhastro
  • Spanish: hijastro
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: fizastru, fillastu

See also

• patraster
• matrastra

References

• “filiaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• filiaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.