gaster

See also: Gaster and gäster

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gaster (plural gasters)

  1. (anatomy, rare) The stomach.
  2. (zootomy, entomology) The enlarged part of the abdomen behind the petiole in hymenopterous insects (such as ants).

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek γᾰστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gaster f (variously declined, genitive gasteris or gastrī); third declension, second declension

  1. (literal) the belly
    Synonym: (pure Latin) venter
  2. (transferred sense) a big-bellied vessel
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 70:
      Consternati nos insolentia ebriorum intentavimus oculos in proeliantes, notavimusque ostrea pectinesque e gastris labentia, quae collecta puer lance circumtulit.

Inflection

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Derived terms

References
  • “gaster”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gaster in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin vastāre, present active infinitive of vastō. The initial g is under the influence of Frankish *wuostjan, *wuastjan, itself from Latin vastō or from the same pre-Latin source.

Verb

gaster

  1. to waste (not make good use of)
  2. to destroy

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of gaster
infinitive simple gaster
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple gastant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle gasté
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present gaste gastes gaste gastons gastez gastent
imperfect gastois, gastoys gastois, gastoys gastoit, gastoyt gastions, gastyons gastiez, gastyez gastoient, gastoyent
past historic gasta gastas gasta gastasmes gastastes gasterent
future gasterai, gasteray gasteras gastera gasterons gasterez gasteront
conditional gasterois, gasteroys gasterois, gasteroys gasteroit, gasteroyt gasterions, gasteryons gasteriez, gasteryez gasteroient, gasteroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present gaste gastes gaste gastons gastez gastent
imperfect gastasse gastasses gastast gastassions gastassiez gastassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gaste — gastons gastez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Synonyms

Descendants
  • French: gâter

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vastāre, present active infinitive of vastō. The initial g is under the influence of Frankish *wuostjan, *wuastjan, itself from Latin vastō or from the same pre-Latin source.

Verb

gaster

  1. to waste (not make good use of)
  2. to destroy

Conjugation

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Synonyms

Descendants
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