pistrinum

Latin

Etymology

From pistor (“baker”) +‎ -īnus.

Noun

pistrīnum n (genitive pistrīnī); second declension

mill
bakery
(figuratively) drudgery, oppressive labor

Declension

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Derived terms

pistrīnārius

Descendants

Italian: pistrino
Old French: pestrin
- French: pétrin
Middle High German: phistrine, pfistrine, phister, pfister
- German: Pfisterei, Pfister
- Slovene: pisker
Old Galician-Portuguese:
- Portuguese: pistrina

References

“pistrinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pistrinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pistrinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“pistrinum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“pistrinum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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