hastile

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Latin

Etymology

From hasta +‎ -īle.

Pronunciation

Noun

hastīle n (genitive hastīlis); third declension

  1. shaft of a spear or javelin
  2. cane

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

singular plural
nominative hastīle hastīlia
genitive hastīlis hastīlium
dative hastīlī hastīlibus
accusative hastīle hastīlia
ablative hastīlī hastīlibus
vocative hastīle hastīlia

Descendants

  • Galician: hastil
  • Portuguese: hastil
  • Spanish: astil

Further reading

  • hastile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hastile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hastile 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)
  • hastile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.