filiaster

Latin

Etymology

Late and Vulgar Latin. From fīli(us) (“son”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fiː.liˈas.ter/, [fiː.lɪˈas.tɛr]

Noun

fīliaster m (genitive fīliastrī); second declension

  1. stepson
  2. son-in-law
  3. nephew, sister's son

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fīliaster fīliastrī
Genitive fīliastrī fīliastrōrum
Dative fīliastrō fīliastrīs
Accusative fīliastrum fīliastrōs
Ablative fīliastrō fīliastrīs
Vocative fīliaster1 fīliastrī

1May also be fīliastre.

Descendants
  • Occitan: filhastre
  • Portuguese: filhastro
  • Romanian: fiastru
  • Sardinian: fidhastru
  • Sicilian: figghiastru
  • Spanish: hijastro
  • Venetian: fiastro, fiolastro

References
  • filiaster in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • filiaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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