aplustre

== English == === Etymology === From Latin aplustre. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈplʌstriː/ === Noun === aplustre (plural aplustres) (historical, nautical) An ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === paulters == Latin == === Etymology === Compare Ancient Greek ἄφλαστον (áphlaston). === Noun === aplustre n (genitive aplustris); third declension aplustre (the curved and ornamented stern of a ship) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem). The nominative plural aplustra is attested. === References === “aplustre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧plus‧tre === Noun === aplustre m (plural aplustres) (Ancient Rome, nautical) aplustre (an ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship) === Further reading === “aplustre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “aplustre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026