palimpsestus
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pa.limpˈseːs.tus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.limpˈses.tus/,
Noun
palimpsēstus m (genitive palimpsēstī); second declension
- A palimpsest; a manuscript scraped clean for reuse.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palimpsēstus | palimpsēstī |
| Genitive | palimpsēstī | palimpsēstōrum |
| Dative | palimpsēstō | palimpsēstīs |
| Accusative | palimpsēstum | palimpsēstōs |
| Ablative | palimpsēstō | palimpsēstīs |
| Vocative | palimpsēste | palimpsēstī |
Descendants
- Catalan: palimpsest
- English: palimpsest
- French: palimpseste m
- Italian: palinsesto m
- Romanian: palimpsest n
- Russian: палимпсест (palimpsest)
- Spanish: palimpsesto m
References
- “palimpsestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “palimpsestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- palimpsestus 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)
- palimpsestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.