trihorium

Latin

Etymology

From Latin trēs + hōra (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈhoː.ri.um/, [t̪riˈ(ɦ)oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈo.ri.um/, [t̪riˈɔːrium]

Noun

trihōrium n (genitive trihōriī or trihōrī); second declension

1. the space of three hours, three hours

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trihōrium	trihōria
Genitive	trihōriī trihōrī1	trihōriōrum
Dative	trihōriō	trihōriīs
Accusative	trihōrium	trihōria
Ablative	trihōriō	trihōriīs
Vocative	trihōrium	trihōria

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

References

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