filiaster

Latin

Etymology

From fīli(us) (“son”) +‎ -aster. Found in Late Latin.

Pronunciation

Noun

fīliaster m (genitive fīliastrī, feminine fīliastra); second declension

  1. stepson
  2. son-in-law
  3. nephew, sister's son

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fīliaster fīliastrī
Genitive fīliastrī fīliastrōrum
Dative fīliastrō fīliastrīs
Accusative fīliastrum fīliastrōs
Ablative fīliastrō fīliastrīs
Vocative fīliaster fīliastrī

Coordinate terms

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: hiljastru, hiljeastru
    • Romanian: fiastru
    • → Albanian: thjeshtër
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
    • Friulian: fiastri
    • Venetian: fiastro, fiolastro
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: fizastru, fillastu

See also

References
  • “filiaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • filiaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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