basterna

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basterna, probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈstɛr.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛrna
• Hyphenation: ba‧stèr‧na

Noun

basterna f (plural basterne)

1. kind of cart used by Romans
2. (literary) any kind of cart

Anagrams

• bastarne, brasante, sbranate

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /basˈter.na/, [bäs̠ˈt̪ɛrnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /basˈter.na/, [bäsˈt̪ɛrnä]

Noun

basterna f (genitive basternae); first declension

1. A kind of litter (platform designed to carry a person)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	basterna	basternae
Genitive	basternae	basternārum
Dative	basternae	basternīs
Accusative	basternam	basternās
Ablative	basternā	basternīs
Vocative	basterna	basternae

Derived terms

• basternārius

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: βαστέρνιον (bastérnion)
• French: basterne
• Italian: basterna

References

• “basterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• basterna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “basterna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “basterna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin