Philistaeus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Philisthaeus Philistiim, Philisthiim (indeclinable) Philistīnus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλισταῖος (Philistaîos), in turn from Biblical Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Peliští) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰɪ.lɪsˈtae̯.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fi.lisˈtɛː.us] === Proper noun === Philistaeus m (Late Latin) a Philistine ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: filisteu ⇒ German: philistäisch ⇒ German: Philister → English: Philister English: Philistine (influenced) → Italian: filisteo === References === “Philistaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Philistaeus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.