lastaurus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάσταυρος (lástauros).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lastaurus m (genitive lastaurī); second declension

1. A debauchee, lewd person

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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.