nosocomium
English
Etymology
From Latin nosocomīum.
Noun
nosocomium (plural nosocomia)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, suffering”) + κομέω (koméō, “to tend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɔ.sɔ.kɔˈmiː.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [no.s̬o.koˈmiː.um]
Noun
nosocomīum n (genitive nosocomīī); second declension (Late Latin– New Latin)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nosocomīum | nosocomīa |
| genitive | nosocomīī | nosocomīōrum |
| dative | nosocomīō | nosocomīīs |
| accusative | nosocomīum | nosocomīa |
| ablative | nosocomīō | nosocomīīs |
| vocative | nosocomīum | nosocomīa |
Descendants
- Catalan: nosocomi
- Italian: nosocomio
- Portuguese: nosocómio (Portugal), nosocômio (Brazil)
- Spanish: nosocomio
References
- “nosocomium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "nosocomium", 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)
- nosocomium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- nosocomium in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016