siparium
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek σίπαρος (síparos).
Noun
editsīparium n (genitive sīpariī or sīparī); second declension
- (small) curtain
- post siparium ― behind curtain(s)
- the curtain of a theatre
- (figuratively) comedy
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sīparium | sīparia |
Genitive | sīpariī sīparī1 |
sīpariōrum |
Dative | sīpariō | sīpariīs |
Accusative | sīparium | sīparia |
Ablative | sīpariō | sīpariīs |
Vocative | sīparium | sīparia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “siparium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “siparium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- siparium 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)
- siparium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “siparium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “siparium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin