"pilastrum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /piːˈlas.trum/ [Classical], [piːˈɫ̪äs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /piˈlas.trum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [piˈläst̪rum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From pīla (“pillar”) + -astrum (“quality-reducing suffix”), thus meaning roughly "incomplete pillar", as pilasters lack the full volume of the element they represent. Compare palliastrum, referring to a poor pallium. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|pīla|astrum|gloss1=pillar|gloss2=quality-reducing suffix}} pīla (“pillar”) + -astrum (“quality-reducing suffix”), {{m|la|palliastrum}} palliastrum, {{m|la|pallium}} pallium Head templates: {{la-noun|pīlastrum<2>}} pīlastrum n (genitive pīlastrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pīlastrum<2>}} Forms: pīlastrum [canonical, neuter], pīlastrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pīlastrum [nominative, singular], pīlastra [nominative, plural], pīlastrī [genitive, singular], pīlastrōrum [genitive, plural], pīlastrō [dative, singular], pīlastrīs [dative, plural], pīlastrum [accusative, singular], pīlastra [accusative, plural], pīlastrō [ablative, singular], pīlastrīs [ablative, plural], pīlastrum [singular, vocative], pīlastra [plural, vocative]
  1. (Medieval Latin, architecture) pilaster (rectangular pillar built into a wall) Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-2

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