baphium

Latin

Alternative forms

• baphēum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαφεῖον (bapheîon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /baˈpʰiː.um/, [bäˈpʰiːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /baˈfi.um/, [bäˈfiːum]

Noun

baphīum n (genitive baphīī); second declension

1. A dye-house

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	baphīum	baphīa
Genitive	baphīī	baphīōrum
Dative	baphīō	baphīīs
Accusative	baphīum	baphīa
Ablative	baphīō	baphīīs
Vocative	baphīum	baphīa

References

• “baphium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• baphium 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)
• baphium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.