paedagogium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παιδαγωγεῖον (paidagōgeîon, place where pedagogues waited for their boys; school).

Pronunciation

Noun

paedagōgīum n (genitive paedagōgīī); second declension

  1. A training school for pageboys; the pages' hall.
  2. (in the plural) Pageboys in such an establishment.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative paedagōgīum paedagōgīa
genitive paedagōgīī paedagōgīōrum
dative paedagōgīō paedagōgīīs
accusative paedagōgīum paedagōgīa
ablative paedagōgīō paedagōgīīs
vocative paedagōgīum paedagōgīa

Derived terms

References

  • paedagogium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "paedagogium", 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)
  • paedagogium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • paedagogium”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • paedagogium in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016