bastum

Latin

Etymology

From *bastare (“to carry”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.tum/, [ˈbäs̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbas.tum/, [ˈbäst̪um]

Noun

bastum n (genitive bastī); second declension

1. A stick

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	bastum	basta
genitive	bastī	bastōrum
dative	bastō	bastīs
accusative	bastum	basta
ablative	bastō	bastīs
vocative	bastum	basta

Descendants

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bastō, *bastōnem (see there for further descendants)

References

• bastum 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)
• bastum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.