subsellium

English

Etymology

Originates 1695–1705 from Latin subsellia (low seat or bench), from sub- (under) + sella (seat).

Noun

subsellium (plural subsellia)

1. A projecting ledge on the stalls in a church where persons might lean whilst standing during prayers; misericord.

References

• “subsellium”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Latin

Etymology

sub- (under) + sella (seat).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /subˈsel.li.um/, [s̠ʊpˈs̠ɛlːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /subˈsel.li.um/, [subˈsɛlːium]

Noun

subsellium n (genitive subselliī or subsellī); second declension

1. a low seat or bench
2. the bench (of a judge)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	subsellium	subsellia
Genitive	subselliī subsellī1	subselliōrum
Dative	subselliō	subselliīs
Accusative	subsellium	subsellia
Ablative	subselliō	subselliīs
Vocative	subsellium	subsellia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: συψέλλιον (supséllion)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܣܦܣܠܐ
  • → Hebrew: סַפְסָל (safsal)

References

• “subsellium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subsellium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• subsellium 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)
• subsellium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “subsellium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “subsellium”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.