marsupium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”), perhaps of Oriental origin.
Noun edit
marsupium (plural marsupiums or marsupia)
- The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.
- A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
pouch of a marsupial
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin marsūpium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marsupium
Declension edit
Inflection of marsupium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | marsupium | marsupiumit | ||
genitive | marsupiumin | marsupiumien | ||
partitive | marsupiumia | marsupiumeja | ||
illative | marsupiumiin | marsupiumeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | marsupium | marsupiumit | ||
accusative | nom. | marsupium | marsupiumit | |
gen. | marsupiumin | |||
genitive | marsupiumin | marsupiumien | ||
partitive | marsupiumia | marsupiumeja | ||
inessive | marsupiumissa | marsupiumeissa | ||
elative | marsupiumista | marsupiumeista | ||
illative | marsupiumiin | marsupiumeihin | ||
adessive | marsupiumilla | marsupiumeilla | ||
ablative | marsupiumilta | marsupiumeilta | ||
allative | marsupiumille | marsupiumeille | ||
essive | marsupiumina | marsupiumeina | ||
translative | marsupiumiksi | marsupiumeiksi | ||
abessive | marsupiumitta | marsupiumeitta | ||
instructive | — | marsupiumein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /marˈsuː.pi.um/, [märˈs̠uːpiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /marˈsu.pi.um/, [märˈsuːpium]
Noun edit
marsūpium n (genitive marsūpiī or marsūpī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | marsūpium | marsūpia |
Genitive | marsūpiī marsūpī1 |
marsūpiōrum |
Dative | marsūpiō | marsūpiīs |
Accusative | marsūpium | marsūpia |
Ablative | marsūpiō | marsūpiīs |
Vocative | marsūpium | marsūpia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → English: marsupium (learned)
- → Italian: marsupio (learned)
- → Portuguese: marsúpio (learned)
- → Spanish: marsupio (learned)
References edit
- “marsupium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- marsupium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “marsupium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “marsupium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin