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pistor

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Latin

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Etymology

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From pīnsō (pound, beat) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pī̆stor m (genitive pī̆stōris, feminine pī̆strīx); third declension

  1. (originally) pounder of far / spelt (a slave who grinds it into flour)
  2. (from ~2c. BC, when bread baking becomes a trade) miller and/or baker

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pī̆stor pī̆stōrēs
genitive pī̆stōris pī̆stōrum
dative pī̆stōrī pī̆stōribus
accusative pī̆stōrem pī̆stōrēs
ablative pī̆stōre pī̆stōribus
vocative pī̆stor pī̆stōrēs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • pistor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pistor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pistor 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)
  • pistor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pistor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pistor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • pistor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Venetan

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin pī̆stor (miller; baker).

Noun

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pistor m (plural pistori)

  1. baker
    Synonym: forner

Derived terms

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Further reading

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