pullastra

pullastra

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin pullus
Latin -aster
Latin pullastra

    From pullus (“chick, chicken”) + -aster.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    pullastra f (genitive pullastrae); first declension

    1. a young hen, pullet

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative pullastra pullastrae
    genitive pullastrae pullastrārum
    dative pullastrae pullastrīs
    accusative pullastram pullastrās
    ablative pullastrā pullastrīs
    vocative pullastra pullastrae

    Descendants

    • Italian: pollastro, pollastra
    • Sicilian: puḍḍastru, puḍḍastra
    • Catalan: pollastre

    See also

    • “pullastra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “pullastra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • pullastra in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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