nosocomium
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nosocomium (plural nosocomia)
- (historical) An ancient hospital.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, suffering”) + κομέω (koméō, “to tend”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /no.so.koˈmiː.um/, [nɔs̠ɔkɔˈmiːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /no.so.koˈmi.um/, [nos̬okoˈmiːum]
Noun edit
nosocomīum n (genitive nosocomīī); second declension (Late Latin– New Latin)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nosocomīum | nosocomīa |
| Genitive | nosocomīī | nosocomīōrum |
| Dative | nosocomīō | nosocomīīs |
| Accusative | nosocomīum | nosocomīa |
| Ablative | nosocomīō | nosocomīīs |
| Vocative | nosocomīum | nosocomīa |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: nosocomi
- Italian: nosocomio
- Portuguese: nosocómio (Portugal), nosocômio (Brazil)
- Spanish: nosocomio
References edit
- “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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016