veretrum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Ostensibly from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, cover; to heed, notice”), equal to vereor (“to show respect, fear”) + -trum (“instrumental suffix”); however De Vaan (2008) is sceptical about this.
Noun edit
verētrum n (genitive verētrī); second declension
Usage notes edit
Although several sources (Isidore, De Vaan) cite this word as referring specifically to the male genitals, the 4-5th century physician Caelius Aurelianus uses it to refer to the female reproductive organ as a whole.[1] This restriction would also make redundant the phrase virīle verētrum (in Varro).
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | verētrum | verētra |
| Genitive | verētrī | verētrōrum |
| Dative | verētrō | verētrīs |
| Accusative | verētrum | verētra |
| Ablative | verētrō | verētrīs |
| Vocative | verētrum | verētra |
References edit
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vereor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 665
- ^ “Caelius Aurelianus, Gynaeciorum Sorani e graeco versorum et retractatorum quae exstant, 1, p6, [cap. 12]”, in www.mlat.uzh.ch: Corpus Corporum[1], 2021 May 2 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2 May 2021
Further reading edit
- “uerētrum” on page 2244 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- “veretrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “veretrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- veretrum 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)
- veretrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.