pilastrum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pīla (“pillar”) + -astrum (“quality-reducing suffix”), thus meaning roughly "incomplete pillar", as pilasters lack the full volume of the element they represent. Compare palliastrum, referring to a poor pallium.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /piːˈlas.trum/, [piːˈɫ̪äs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /piˈlas.trum/, [piˈläst̪rum]
Noun
[edit]pīlastrum n (genitive pīlastrī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, architecture) pilaster (rectangular pillar built into a wall)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pīlastrum | pīlastra |
| genitive | pīlastrī | pīlastrōrum |
| dative | pīlastrō | pīlastrīs |
| accusative | pīlastrum | pīlastra |
| ablative | pīlastrō | pīlastrīs |
| vocative | pīlastrum | pīlastra |