LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

pī̆stor

pī̆stor m (genitive pī̆stōris, feminine pī̆strīx)
Classical[ˈpiːs.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈpis.tor]

Meaning

  1. pounder of far / spelt (a slave who grinds it into flour)
  2. miller and/or baker

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepī̆storpī̆stōrēs
genitivepī̆stōrispī̆stōrum
dativepī̆stōrīpī̆stōribus
accusativepī̆stōrempī̆stōrēs
ablativepī̆stōrepī̆stōribus
vocativepī̆storpī̆stōrēs

pistor, ōris, m. pinso; root in Sanscr. pish-, to crush; cf. Gr. πτίσσω,
I. one who pounds corn in a mortar or grinds it in a hand-mill, a miller (only so in Plaut.).
I. Lit.: nec pistorem ullum nossent, nisi eum, qui in pistrino pinseret farinam (far?), Varr. ap. Non. 152, 14; cf. id. ib. 16: pistores tantum eos qui far pinserunt nominatos, At. Cap. ap. Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 107; Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27; id. Trin. 2, 4, 6; Gell. 3, 3, 14.—
II. Transf., a baker (class.): pistores Romae non fuere ad Persicum usque bellum ... ipsi panem faciebant Quirites, mulierum id opus erat, Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 107: ut tuus pistor bonum faceret panem, etc., Varr. ap. Gell. 15, 19, 2; Suet. Caes. 48: mitto hasce artes vulgares, coquos, pistores, lecticarios, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; id. Arch. 46, 134; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 24; Vulg. Gen. 40, 1. At Rome the bakers formed a separate guild, Inscr. Don. cl. 9, n. 11; Inscr. Grut. 81, 10; 255, 1; Dig. 3, 4, 1; 27, 1, 46.—
B. A surname of Jupiter, because, when the Romans were besieged in the Capitol, he gave them the idea of hurling bread, as though they had an abundance of it, at the besieging Gauls, Ov. F. 6, 350; 394; Lact. 1, 20.—
C. Pastry-cooks were also called pistores, Mart. 11, 31, 8; 14, 222; Petr. 60.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin pī̆stor From pīnsō (“pound, beat”) + -tor.

Elsewhere
  • Italianpistore
  • Frenchpétrirfrom Vulgar Latin *pistrīre
  • Old Frenchpestor
  • Old Frenchpistor
  • Old Frenchpestur
  • Old Frenchpestour
  • Old Frenchpesteur
  • Franco-Provençalpêtrirfrom Vulgar Latin *pistrīre
  • Normanpêtrifrom Vulgar Latin *pistrīre
  • Walloonprustifrom Vulgar Latin *pistrīre
Old High German
  • GermanPfister
  • Alemannic GermanPfister
  • Alemannic GermanPfischter
  • Cyrillic scriptфиштарfrom German Pfister
  • Latin scriptfištarfrom German Pfister

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesPistorPistor (ἀπτοποιός), a baker. Both with the Greeks and Romans the bread was originally prepared and baked at home. In large households this practice wa…

Quick answers

What does pī̆stor mean in Latin?
pī̆stor, a noun, means “pounder of far / spelt (a slave who grinds it into flour); miller and/or baker”.
What is the genitive of pī̆stor?
The genitive singular is pī̆stōris. pī̆stor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce pī̆stor?
In classical Latin, [ˈpiːs.tɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpis.tor].