aplustre

English

An aplustre

Etymology

From Latin aplustre.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈplʌstriː/

Noun

aplustre (plural aplustres)

1. (historical, nautical) An ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.

Translations

an ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship

• Hebrew: צֶפֶת הַיַרְכָתַיִם (he) f (tsefet hayarkhatayim)
• Portuguese: aplustre m

Anagrams

• paulters

Latin

Etymology

Compare Ancient Greek ἄφλαστον (áphlaston).

Noun

aplustre n (genitive aplustris); third declension

1. aplustre (the curved and ornamented stern of a ship)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	aplustre	aplustria
genitive	aplustris	aplustrium
dative	aplustrī	aplustribus
accusative	aplustre	aplustria
ablative	aplustrī	aplustribus
vocative	aplustre	aplustria

The nominative plural aplustra is attested.

References

• “aplustre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈplus.tɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈplus.tɾi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈpluʃ.tɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈplus.tɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpluʃ.tɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧plus‧tre

Noun

aplustre m (plural aplustres)

1. (Ancient Rome, nautical) aplustre (an ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship)