pistus

Esperanto

Verb

pistus

  1. conditional of pisti

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pīnsō (“to pound, beat”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpiːs.tus/, [ˈpiːs̠t̪ʊs̠] or IPA(key): /ˈpis.tus/, [ˈpɪs̠t̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpis.tus/, [ˈpist̪us]
  • Note: the original short vowel was apparently prone to analogical substitution from the other stems.

Participle

pī̆stus (feminine pī̆sta, neuter pī̆stum); first/second-declension participle

  1. pounded, crushed, beaten

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pī̆stus pī̆sta pī̆stum pī̆stī pī̆stae pī̆sta
Genitive pī̆stī pī̆stae pī̆stī pī̆stōrum pī̆stārum pī̆stōrum
Dative pī̆stō pī̆stō pī̆stīs
Accusative pī̆stum pī̆stam pī̆stum pī̆stōs pī̆stās pī̆sta
Ablative pī̆stō pī̆stā pī̆stō pī̆stīs
Vocative pī̆ste pī̆sta pī̆stum pī̆stī pī̆stae pī̆sta

Descendants
  • → Andalusian Arabic: بِشْط (pi‍šṭ, bišṭ), بِشْطُه (bišṭuh, pišṭuh)
    • → Spanish: alpiste
      • → French: alpiste
      • → Galician: alpiste
      • → Portuguese: alpiste, (Portugal) alpista
  • Italian: pesto
  • Sicilian: pistu
  • Spanish: pisto

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