pastillus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pāstnis, the source of pānis (“bread”) + -lus (diminutive).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [paːsˈtɪl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pasˈtil.lus]

Noun

pāstillus m (genitive pāstillī); second declension

1. lozenge, pastille (medicinal or to perfume the breath)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pāstillus	pāstillī
genitive	pāstillī	pāstillōrum
dative	pāstillō	pāstillīs
accusative	pāstillum	pāstillōs
ablative	pāstillō	pāstillīs
vocative	pāstille	pāstillī

References

• “pastillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pastillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pastillus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.