plostrum
Latin
Etymology
Alternative form of plaustrum, showing 'rustic' monophthongization of /au̯/ to /oː/.
Noun
plostrum n (genitive plostrī); second declension
- wagon, cart
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | plostrum | plostra |
| Genitive | plostrī | plostrōrum |
| Dative | plostrō | plostrīs |
| Accusative | plostrum | plostra |
| Ablative | plostrō | plostrīs |
| Vocative | plostrum | plostra |
Descendants
- Middle French: ploustre
- French: ploutre (northern patois)
References
- “plostrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “plostrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plostrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “plaustrum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 52