παστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From πάσσω (pássō, “to sprinkle”) +‎ -τός (-tós, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

πᾰστός • (pastós) m (feminine πᾰστή, neuter πᾰστόν); first/second declension

1. sprinkled with salt, salted

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See παστάς (pastás).

Noun

πᾰστός • (pastós) m (genitive πᾰστοῦ); second declension

1. woman's chamber, bridal chamber
2. bridal bed
3. embroidered bed-curtain
4. bridal hymn

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “παστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παστός (pastós), from πάσσω (pássō, “sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”).

Adjective

παστός • (pastós) m (feminine παστή, neuter παστό)

1. salted, preserved with salt, corned

   παστό χοιρινό ― pastó choirinó ― salt pork

   παστό βοδινό ― pastó vodinó ― corned beef

Declension

Synonyms

• αλατιστός (alatistós)

Derived terms

• παστό βοδινό n (pastó vodinó, “corned beef”)