parasitaster

parasitaster

Latin

Etymology

From parasīt(us) (“guest”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.siːˈtas.ter/, [pa.ra.siːˈtas.tɛr]

Noun

parasītaster m (genitive parasītastrī); second declension

1. a mean, sorry parasite

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	parasītaster	parasītastrī
Genitive	parasītastrī	parasītastrōrum
Dative	parasītastrō	parasītastrīs
Accusative	parasītastrum	parasītastrōs
Ablative	parasītastrō	parasītastrīs
Vocative	parasītaster1	parasītastrī

¹May also be parasītastre.

References

• parasitaster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• parasitaster in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• parasitaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette