cauterium
Latin
Alternative forms
- caustērium
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion), derived from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kau̯ˈteː.ri.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kau̯ˈt̪ɛː.ri.um]
Noun
cautērium n (genitive cautēriī or cautērī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cautērium | cautēria |
| genitive | cautēriī cautērī1 |
cautēriōrum |
| dative | cautēriō | cautēriīs |
| accusative | cautērium | cautēria |
| ablative | cautēriō | cautēriīs |
| vocative | cautērium | cautēria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → Catalan: cauteri
- → Galician: cauterio
- → Italian: cauterio
- → Old Saxon: kanteri
- → Portuguese: cautério
- → Spanish: cauterio
References
- “cauterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cauterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.