astrolabium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos), either via Byzantine Greek ἀστρολάβιον (astrolábion) or from addition in Latin of the ending -ium.

Noun

astrolabium n (genitive astrolabiī or astrolabī); second declension

1. astrolabe

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	astrolabium	astrolabia
Genitive	astrolabiī astrolabī1	astrolabiōrum
Dative	astrolabiō	astrolabiīs
Accusative	astrolabium	astrolabia
Ablative	astrolabiō	astrolabiīs
Vocative	astrolabium	astrolabia

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

Descendants

• Catalan: astrolabi
• Galician: astrolabio
• Italian: astrolabio
• Portuguese: astrolábio
• Russian: астроля́бия (astroljábija)
• Spanish: astrolabio

References

• astrolabium 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)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin astrolabium, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.trɔˈla.bjum/

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• Rhymes: -abjum
• Syllabification: as‧tro‧la‧bium

Noun

astrolabium n

1. astrolabe

Declension

Declension of astrolabium

	singular	plural
nominative	astrolabium	astrolabia
genitive	astrolabium	astrolabiów
dative	astrolabium	astrolabiom
accusative	astrolabium	astrolabia
instrumental	astrolabium	astrolabiami
locative	astrolabium	astrolabiach
vocative	astrolabium	astrolabia

Further reading

• astrolabium in Polish dictionaries at PWN