pistillum

Latin

Etymology

From pistō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pisˈtil.lum/, [pɪs̠ˈt̪ɪlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pisˈtil.lum/, [pisˈt̪ilːum]

Noun

pistillum n (genitive pistillī); second declension

1. A pestle.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pistillum	pistilla
Genitive	pistillī	pistillōrum
Dative	pistillō	pistillīs
Accusative	pistillum	pistilla
Ablative	pistillō	pistillīs
Vocative	pistillum	pistilla

Descendants

• Old French: pestel
  • → Middle English: pestel, pestell, pistel, pestelle, pestylle, pestill, pestyl
    • English: pestle
  • Middle French: pestel
• → French: pistil
  • → English: pistil
  • → Romanian: pistil
• → Spanish: pistilo

References

• “pistillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pistillum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pistillum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin