holocaustum
Latin
Etymology
From the neuter form of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔ.ɫɔˈkau̯s.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.loˈkau̯s.t̪um]
Noun
holocaustum n (genitive holocaustī); second declension
- a burnt offering wholly consumed by fire
- holocaust
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | holocaustum | holocausta |
| genitive | holocaustī | holocaustōrum |
| dative | holocaustō | holocaustīs |
| accusative | holocaustum | holocausta |
| ablative | holocaustō | holocaustīs |
| vocative | holocaustum | holocausta |
References
- “holocaustum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "holocaustum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- holocaustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.