emplastrum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub; salve”) which was introduced by Pedanius Dioscorides instead of older (Hippocrates) ἔμπλαστον (émplaston), substantivisation of ἔμπλαστος (émplastos, “daubed on”), from ἐμπλάσσω (emplássō, “daub on”), from ἐν- (en-, “on”) + πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”), of uncertain etymology. Related to Latin plastēs and plasticus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /emˈplas.trum/, [ɛmˈpɫ̪äs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /emˈplas.trum/, [emˈpläst̪rum]

Noun

emplastrum n (genitive emplastrī); second declension

1. (medicine) plaster, bandage
2. (horticulture) piece of bark used in budding, scutcheon, shield

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	emplastrum	emplastra
Genitive	emplastrī	emplastrōrum
Dative	emplastrō	emplastrīs
Accusative	emplastrum	emplastra
Ablative	emplastrō	emplastrīs
Vocative	emplastrum	emplastra

Derived terms

• Medieval Latin: plastrum

Descendants

• Old French: emplastre
  • → English: emplaster
  • French: emplâtre
  • Norman: empliâtre
• Italian: impiastro

References

• “emplastrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• emplastrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• emplastrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.