cenotaphium
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κενοτᾰ́φῐον (kenotáphion, “empty tomb”), from κενός (kenós, “empty”) + τᾰ́φος (táphos, “grave, tomb”) + -ῐον (-ion, noun suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ke.noˈta.pʰi.um/, [kɛnɔˈt̪äpʰiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃe.noˈta.fi.um/, [t͡ʃenoˈt̪äːfium]
Noun
editcenotaphium n (genitive cenotaphiī or cenotaphī); second declension
- empty tomb, cenotaph
- Synonym: honōrārium
- Aelius Lampridius, Augustan History: Severus Alexander 63.3
- Flavius Vopiscus, Augustan History 15.1
Inflection
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cenotaphium | cenotaphia |
Genitive | cenotaphiī cenotaphī1 |
cenotaphiōrum |
Dative | cenotaphiō | cenotaphiīs |
Accusative | cenotaphium | cenotaphia |
Ablative | cenotaphiō | cenotaphiīs |
Vocative | cenotaphium | cenotaphia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- “cenotaphium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press