pastillus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pāstnis, the source of pānis (“bread”) + -lus (diminutive).

Pronunciation

Noun

pāstillus m (genitive pāstillī); second declension

  1. lozenge, pastille (medicinal or to perfume the breath)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pāstillus pāstillī
Genitive pāstillī pāstillōrum
Dative pāstillō pāstillīs
Accusative pāstillum pāstillōs
Ablative pāstillō pāstillīs
Vocative pāstille pāstillī

References

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