emunctorium
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.muːŋkˈtoː.ri.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.muŋkˈt̪ɔː.ri.um]
Noun
ēmūnctōrium n (genitive ēmūnctōriī or ēmūnctōrī); second declension
- (pair of) snuffers
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēmūnctōrium | ēmūnctōria |
| genitive | ēmūnctōriī ēmūnctōrī1 |
ēmūnctōriōrum |
| dative | ēmūnctōriō | ēmūnctōriīs |
| accusative | ēmūnctōrium | ēmūnctōria |
| ablative | ēmūnctōriō | ēmūnctōriīs |
| vocative | ēmūnctōrium | ēmūnctōria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “emunctorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- emunctorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.