Pilatus

See also: Pílatus and pilatus

Latin

Etymology

Substantivisation and use as a proper noun of the masculine singular of the adjective pīlātus (“armed with javelins”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pīlātus m sg (genitive Pīlātī); second declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Pontius Pilatus (died AD 37), fifth prefect of the Roman province of Judaea (AD 26–36)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pīlātus
Genitive Pīlātī
Dative Pīlātō
Accusative Pīlātum
Ablative Pīlātō
Vocative Pīlāte

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: Πῑλᾶτος (Pīlâtos)
  • → English: Pilate
  • → German: Pilatus
  • → Icelandic: Pílatus
  • → Italian: Pilato
  • → Romanian: Pilat
  • → Sicilian: Pilatu
  • → Spanish: Pilato

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Further reading

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