mastus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *mast (ship mast).

Pronunciation

Noun

mastus m (genitive mastī); second declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin) ship mast

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mastus mastī
Genitive mastī mastōrum
Dative mastō mastīs
Accusative mastum mastōs
Ablative mastō mastīs
Vocative maste mastī

Descendants

  • Old French: mast, maste
    • Middle French: mast
      • French: mât
    • Norman: mât
    • Spanish: maste
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: masto, maste
  • Occitan: mast

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “mastus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 660
  2. ^ mastus 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)