pessarium
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pessārium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pessarium n (plural pessaria or pessariums, diminutive pessariumpje n)
- pessary, diaphragm
- Synonym: vrouwenring
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From pessum.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pesˈsaː.ri.um/, [pɛs̠ˈs̠äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pesˈsa.ri.um/, [pesˈsäːrium]
Noun edit
pessārium n (genitive pessāriī or pessārī); second declension
- A pessary
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pessārium | pessāria |
| Genitive | pessāriī pessārī1 |
pessāriōrum |
| Dative | pessāriō | pessāriīs |
| Accusative | pessārium | pessāria |
| Ablative | pessāriō | pessāriīs |
| Vocative | pessārium | pessāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “pessarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pessarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.