pseudothyrum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψευδόθυρον (pseudóthuron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pseu̯ˈdo.tʰy.rum/, [ps̠ɛu̯ˈd̪ɔt̪ʰʏrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pseu̯ˈdo.ti.rum/, [pseu̯ˈd̪ɔːt̪irum]

Noun

pseudothyrum n (genitive pseudothyrī); second declension

1. a secret door, back door, private entrance, postern gate
2. (figurative) a secret manner

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pseudothyrum	pseudothyra
Genitive	pseudothyrī	pseudothyrōrum
Dative	pseudothyrō	pseudothyrīs
Accusative	pseudothyrum	pseudothyra
Ablative	pseudothyrō	pseudothyrīs
Vocative	pseudothyrum	pseudothyra

References

• “pseudothyrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pseudothyrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pseudothyrum 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)
• pseudothyrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pseudothyrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers