aplustre

English

Etymology

From Latin aplustre.

Noun

aplustre (plural aplustres)

1. (historical, nautical) An ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.

Translations

an ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship

• Hebrew: צֶפֶת הַיַרְכָתַיִם‎ (he) f (tsefet hayarkhatayim)
• Portuguese: aplustre m

Anagrams

• paulters

Latin

Etymology

Compare Ancient Greek ἄφλαστον (áphlaston).

Noun

aplustre n (genitive aplustris); third declension

1. aplustre (the curved and ornamented stern of a ship)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aplustre	aplustria
Genitive	aplustris	aplustrium
Dative	aplustrī	aplustribus
Accusative	aplustre	aplustria
Ablative	aplustrī	aplustribus
Vocative	aplustre	aplustria

The nominative plural aplustra is attested.

References

• “aplustre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

aplustre m (plural aplustres)

1. (Ancient Rome, nautical) aplustre (an ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship)