pistrinum

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Latin

Etymology

From pistor (baker) +‎ -īnus.

Noun

pistrīnum n (genitive pistrīnī); second declension

  1. mill
  2. bakery
  3. (figuratively) drudgery, oppressive labor

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pistrīnum pistrīna
Genitive pistrīnī pistrīnōrum
Dative pistrīnō pistrīnīs
Accusative pistrīnum pistrīna
Ablative pistrīnō pistrīnīs
Vocative pistrīnum pistrīna

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References

  • pistrinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pistrinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pistrinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pistrinum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pistrinum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin