ustrinum

English

Etymology

From Latin ustrinum.

Noun

ustrinum (plural ustrina)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) The site of a funeral pyre
   • 1858, John Kenrick, Roman Sepulcral Inscriptions: Their Relation to Archaeology, Language, and Religion:

     The Romans had, even in their smaller municipia, Boards of Health—such, at least, I take to be the meaning of Novemvir and Triumvir Valetudinarius; and it may seem extraordianry that they did not remove the ustrinum to a greater distance.

Translations

site of a funeral pyre

• French: ustrinum (fr)
• Italian: ustrino m

Anagrams

• untruism

Latin

Etymology

Nominalized neuter form of *ū̆strīnus, from ū̆stor (“cremator, corpse-burner”) +‎ -īnus.

Noun

ū̆strīnum n (genitive ū̆strīnī); second declension

1. Alternative form of ū̆strīna

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ū̆strīnum	ū̆strīna
Genitive	ū̆strīnī	ū̆strīnōrum
Dative	ū̆strīnō	ū̆strīnīs
Accusative	ū̆strīnum	ū̆strīna
Ablative	ū̆strīnō	ū̆strīnīs
Vocative	ū̆strīnum	ū̆strīna

Descendants

• English: ustrinum
• Italian: ustrino

References

• ustrinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “ustrinum”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC