Pilatus

See also: Pílatus and pilatus

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): /piːˈlaː.tus/, [piːˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈla.tus/, [piˈläːt̪us]

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.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pīlātus
Genitive	Pīlātī
Dative	Pīlātō
Accusative	Pīlātum
Ablative	Pīlātō
Vocative	Pīlāte

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Πῑλᾶτος (Pīlâtos)
• English: Pilate
• ?German: Pilatus
• Icelandic: Pílatus
• ?Italian: Pilato
• ?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