Pilatus

See also: Pílatus and pilatus

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈlaːtʊs/

Proper noun

Pilatus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pilatus' or (learned) Pilati or (with an article) Pilatus)

1. (history, biblical) Pilate (Roman governor)

Derived terms

• von Pontius zu Pilatus

Proper noun

Pilatus m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Pilatus' or (with an article) Pilatus, plural Pilatus)

1. a surname of rare usage

Alternative forms

• Pilates (probably)

Latin

Etymology

Substantivisation and use as a proper noun of the masculine singular of the adjective pīlātus (“armed with javelins”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [piːˈɫaː.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [piˈlaː.tus]

Proper noun

Pīlātus m sg (genitive Pīlātī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Pontius Pilatus (died AD 37), fifth prefect of the Roman province of Judaea (AD 26–36)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pīlātus
genitive	Pīlātī
dative	Pīlātō
accusative	Pīlātum
ablative	Pīlātō
vocative	Pīlāte

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Πῑλᾶτος (Pīlâtos)
• → English: Pilate
• → German: Pilatus
  • >? German: Pilates
    • → English: Pilates
• → Icelandic: Pílatus
• → Italian: Pilato
• → Romanian: Pilat
• → Sicilian: Pilatu
• → Spanish: Pilato

References

• “Pīlātus³”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “5 Pīlātus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,180/3”
• “Pīlātus³” on page 1,379/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

• Pontius Pilatus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la