bastardus

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Frankish *bāst (marriage), or from Vulgar Latin bastum (packsaddle), thus a child born while travelling; see bastard.

Adjective

bastardus (feminine bastarda, neuter bastardum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin)

  1. bastard (of illegitimate descent)
    Antonym: lēgitimus
    Hyponyms: nothus, spurius
  2. impure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative bastardus bastarda bastardum bastardī bastardae bastarda
genitive bastardī bastardae bastardī bastardōrum bastardārum bastardōrum
dative bastardō bastardae bastardō bastardīs
accusative bastardum bastardam bastardum bastardōs bastardās bastarda
ablative bastardō bastardā bastardō bastardīs
vocative bastarde bastarda bastardum bastardī bastardae bastarda

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

bastardus m (genitive bastardī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) bastard
    Synonym: illēgitimus
    • 1430, Statuta Sabaudiae [Statutes of Savoy], book 3, chapter 3:
      Filii legitimi bastardorum nobilium non debent deferre cognomen et arma ipsorum nobilium, nisi de licentia capitis illius generis.
      The legitimate sons of noble bastards must not pass on the surname and arms of those nobles, unless permitted by the head of their family.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

  • bastardus 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)
  • bastardus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “bastardus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 87