parasitaster
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From parasīt(us) (“guest”) + -aster.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pa.ra.siːˈtas.ter/, [päräs̠iːˈt̪äs̠t̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.ra.siˈtas.ter/, [päräs̬iˈt̪äst̪er]
Noun
[edit]parasītaster m (genitive parasītastrī); second declension
- a mean, sorry parasite
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | parasītaster | parasītastrī |
genitive | parasītastrī | parasītastrōrum |
dative | parasītastrō | parasītastrīs |
accusative | parasītastrum | parasītastrōs |
ablative | parasītastrō | parasītastrīs |
vocative | parasītaster | parasītastrī |
References
[edit]- “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.