pollubrum

Latin

Etymology

From polluō (“I pollute”) +‎ -brum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /polˈluː.brum/, [pɔlˈlʲuːbrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /polˈlu.brum/, [polˈluːbrum]

Noun

pollūbrum n (genitive pollūbrī); second declension

1. A washbasin, a laver

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pollūbrum	pollūbra
Genitive	pollūbrī	pollūbrōrum
Dative	pollūbrō	pollūbrīs
Accusative	pollūbrum	pollūbra
Ablative	pollūbrō	pollūbrīs
Vocative	pollūbrum	pollūbra

References

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