pistus

pistus

Latin

Alternative forms

• pīnsus, pīnsitus

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pīnsō (“to pound, beat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːs.tus/, [ˈpiːs̠t̪ʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈpis.tus/, [ˈpɪs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.tus/, [ˈpist̪us]
• Note: the original short vowel was apparently prone to analogical substitution from the other stems.

Participle

pī̆stus (feminine pī̆sta, neuter pī̆stum); first/second-declension participle

1. pounded, crushed, beaten

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pī̆stus	pī̆sta	pī̆stum		pī̆stī	pī̆stae	pī̆sta
Genitive	pī̆stī	pī̆stae	pī̆stī		pī̆stōrum	pī̆stārum	pī̆stōrum
Dative	pī̆stō		pī̆stō		pī̆stīs
Accusative	pī̆stum	pī̆stam	pī̆stum		pī̆stōs	pī̆stās	pī̆sta
Ablative	pī̆stō	pī̆stā	pī̆stō		pī̆stīs
Vocative	pī̆ste	pī̆sta	pī̆stum		pī̆stī	pī̆stae	pī̆sta

Descendants

• → Andalusian Arabic: بِشْط‎ (pi‍šṭ, bišṭ), بِشْطُه‎ (bišṭuh, pišṭuh)
  • → Spanish: alpiste
    • → French: alpiste
    • → Galician: alpiste
    • → Portuguese: alpiste, alpista
• Italian: pesto
• Sicilian: pistu
• Spanish: pisto

Further reading

• “pistus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pistus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette