balaustium

Latin

Etymology

Via Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion) from Semitic, related to Imperial Aramaic 𐡁𐡀𐡋𐡀𐡈‎ (bʾlʾṯ, “pomegranate shoot”), Classical Syriac ܒܠܳܨܳܐ‎ (blāṣā, “pomegranate shoot”).

Noun

balaustium n (genitive balaustiī); second declension

the flower of the wild pomegranate

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	balaustium	balaustia
Genitive	balaustiī	balaustiōrum
Dative	balaustiō	balaustiīs
Accusative	balaustium	balaustia
Ablative	balaustiō	balaustiīs
Vocative	balaustium	balaustia

Descendants

Italian: balaustro, balaustre
- → French: balustre
  - → Catalan: balustre
  - → German: Baluster
  - → English: baluster
  - → Serbo-Croatian: (or directly from Italian)
    - Cyrillic: ба̀лустар
    - Latin: bàlustar
    - → Macedonian: балустер (baluster)
- ⇒ Italian: balaustrata
  - → French: balustrade
    - → Belarusian: балюстра́да (baljustráda)
    - → Bulgarian: балюстра̀да (baljustràda)
    - → Czech: balustráda
    - → German: Balustrade
    - → English: balustrade
    - → Macedonian: балустрада (balustrada)
    - → Polish: balustrada
    - → Russian: балюстра́да (baljustráda)
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      - Cyrillic: балустра́да
      - Latin: balustráda
    - → Slovak: balustráda
    - → Slovene: balustráda

References

balaustium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
balaustium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
balaustium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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