punctorium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From pungō (“prick, puncture”) + -tōrium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puːnkˈtoː.ri.um/, [puːŋkˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /punkˈto.ri.um/, [puŋkˈt̪ɔːrium]
Noun edit
pūnctōrium n (genitive pūnctōriī or pūnctōrī); second declension
- an instrument for pricking or puncturing
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pūnctōrium | pūnctōria |
| Genitive | pūnctōriī pūnctōrī1 |
pūnctōriōrum |
| Dative | pūnctōriō | pūnctōriīs |
| Accusative | pūnctōrium | pūnctōria |
| Ablative | pūnctōriō | pūnctōriīs |
| Vocative | pūnctōrium | pūnctōria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “punctorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- punctorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- punctorium 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)