bastum

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Latin

Etymology

From *bastare (“to carry”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

bastum n (genitive bastī); second declension

  1. A stick

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bastum basta
Genitive bastī bastōrum
Dative bastō bastīs
Accusative bastum basta
Ablative bastō bastīs
Vocative bastum basta

Descendants

  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *bastō, *bastōnem (see there for further descendants)

References

  • bastum 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)
  • bastum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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