parasitaster

Latin

Etymology

From parasīt(us) (“guest”) +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.siːˈtas.ter/, [päräs̠iːˈt̪äs̠t̪ɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.siˈtas.ter/, [päräs̬iˈt̪äst̪er]

Noun

parasītaster m (genitive parasītastrī); second declension

a mean, sorry parasite

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	parasītaster	parasītastrī
Genitive	parasītastrī	parasītastrōrum
Dative	parasītastrō	parasītastrīs
Accusative	parasītastrum	parasītastrōs
Ablative	parasītastrō	parasītastrīs
Vocative	parasītaster	parasītastrī

References

“parasitaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“parasitaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
parasitaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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