lavabrum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lawāðrom, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃- (“to wash, bathe”) +‎ *-dʰrom, equivalent to lavō (“to wash, bathe”) +‎ -brum.

Compare Gaulish lautron, Old Irish lóathar (< Proto-Celtic *lowatrom), Proto-Germanic *lauþrą, Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón) and Mycenaean Greek *𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫 (*-re-wo-to-ro /⁠*lewotron⁠/) (< Proto-Hellenic *lewotrón). Compare the Celtic-origin place-names Lavatrae and Laudradum.

Noun

lavābrum n (genitive lavābrī); second declension

1. Archaic spelling of lābrum (“bathtub”).

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lavābrum	lavābra
Genitive	lavābrī	lavābrōrum
Dative	lavābrō	lavābrīs
Accusative	lavābrum	lavābra
Ablative	lavābrō	lavābrīs
Vocative	lavābrum	lavābra

References

• lavabrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.