Pilatus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Substantivisation and use as a proper noun of the masculine singular of the adjective pīlātus (“armed with javelins”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /piːˈlaː.tus/, [piːˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piˈla.tus/, [piˈläːt̪us]
Proper noun[edit]
Pīlātus m sg (genitive Pīlātī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Pontius Pilatus (died AD 37), fifth prefect of the Roman province of Judaea (AD 26–36)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Pīlātus |
| Genitive | Pīlātī |
| Dative | Pīlātō |
| Accusative | Pīlātum |
| Ablative | Pīlātō |
| Vocative | Pīlāte |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “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[edit]
Pontius Pilatus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
