pistor

Latin

Etymology

From pīnsō (“pound, beat”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

pistor m (genitive pistōris); third declension


  1. baker
  2. miller (person who grinds corn) [only found with this meaning in Plautus]

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pistor pistōrēs
Genitive pistōris pistōrum
Dative pistōrī pistōribus
Accusative pistōrem pistōrēs
Ablative pistōre pistōribus
Vocative pistor pistōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old French: pestor, pistor, pestur, pestour, pesteur
  • → Old High German: [Term?]
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pistrīre *pistriō
    • Old French: [Term?]

References
  • pistor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pistor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pistor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • pistor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • pistor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pistor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • pistor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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