pullastra

Latin

Etymology

pullus (“chick, chicken”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pulˈlas.tra/, [pʊlˈlʲas.t̪ra]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pulˈlas.tra/, [pulˈlas.t̪ra]
  • (Vulgar) IPA(key): /pulˈlas.tra/, [polˈlas.tra]

Noun

pullastra f (genitive pullastrae); first declension

  1. a young hen, pullet

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case 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: puddastru, puddastra

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) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, Hahnsche
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