plaustrum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”) + *-trom ( + -trum). Cognate of English float.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈplau̯s.trum/, [ˈpɫ̪äu̯s̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplau̯s.trum/, [ˈpläu̯st̪rum]
Noun
plaustrum n (genitive plaustrī); second declension
- (vehicles) wagon, wain, cart
- the Big Dipper
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | plaustrum | plaustra |
Genitive | plaustrī | plaustrōrum |
Dative | plaustrō | plaustrīs |
Accusative | plaustrum | plaustra |
Ablative | plaustrō | plaustrīs |
Vocative | plaustrum | plaustra |
Synonyms
References
- “plaustrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “plaustrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plaustrum 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)
- plaustrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “plaustrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “plaustrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin