holocaustum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the neuter form of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation edit
(Classical) IPA(key): /ho.loˈkau̯s.tum/, [hɔɫ̪ɔˈkäu̯s̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.loˈkau̯s.tum/, [oloˈkäu̯st̪um]
Noun edit
holocaustum n (genitive holocaustī); second declension
- a burnt offering wholly consumed by fire
- holocaust
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | holocaustum | holocausta |
| Genitive | holocaustī | holocaustōrum |
| Dative | holocaustō | holocaustīs |
| Accusative | holocaustum | holocausta |
| Ablative | holocaustō | holocaustīs |
| Vocative | holocaustum | holocausta |
References edit
- “holocaustum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- holocaustum 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)
- holocaustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.