pastinum

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈpas.tɪ.nũː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpas.ti.num]^[1]

Forms

pastinum n (genitive pastinī); second declension^[1]

Etymology

The origin of ⟨pastinum⟩ is unknown, and the OLD compares, perhaps, pāla “spade”, and Wiktionary Proto-Slavic *paxati (“to plough”).^[2][3][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Columella, and the OLD cites him.^[4][2] Köbler dates Columella to the 1st century AD.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant a two-pronged dibble for preparing the ground and setting plants, as in Columella; the trenching of ground, as in Palladius and Ulpian; and in Palladius trenched ground.^[2][5][6]

Medieval Latin used it for ground trenched for vines, a vineyard.^[7]

Timeline

• 1st century AD – Columella uses it of a dibble.^[2][4]
• before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of trenching.^[2][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. A dibble (two-pronged).^[2][5]
2. Trenching; trenched ground.^[2][6]
3. (Medieval Latin) A vineyard.^[7]

Word family

• pastinō
• pastināca

Related words

• pāla

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill