lastaurus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάσταυρος (lástauros).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /lasˈtau̯.rus/, [ɫ̪äs̠ˈt̪äu̯rʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lasˈtau̯.rus/, [läsˈt̪äːu̯rus]

Noun

lastaurus m (genitive lastaurī); second declension

A debauchee, lewd person

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lastaurus	lastaurī
Genitive	lastaurī	lastaurōrum
Dative	lastaurō	lastaurīs
Accusative	lastaurum	lastaurōs
Ablative	lastaurō	lastaurīs
Vocative	lastaure	lastaurī

References

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

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