Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion).

Noun

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sandalium n (genitive sandaliī or sandalī); second declension

  1. slipper
  2. Synonym of solea: sandal

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sandalium sandalia
Genitive sandaliī
sandalī1
sandaliōrum
Dative sandaliō sandaliīs
Accusative sandalium sandalia
Ablative sandaliō sandaliīs
Vocative sandalium sandalia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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  • Sicilian: sànnalu

References

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  • sandalium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sandalium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sandalium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sandalium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sandalium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • sandalium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin