lavatorium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin lavātōrium. Doublet of lavatory.
Noun[edit]
lavatorium (plural lavatoriums or lavatoria)
- (architecture) The communal washing area in a monastery.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
lavātōrium n (genitive lavātōriī or lavātōrī); second declension
- (architecture, Late Latin, Medieval Latin) A washroom or place, particularly a lavatorium.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lavātōrium | lavātōria |
| Genitive | lavātōriī lavātōrī1 |
lavātōriōrum |
| Dative | lavātōriō | lavātōriīs |
| Accusative | lavātōrium | lavātōria |
| Ablative | lavātōriō | lavātōriīs |
| Vocative | lavātōrium | lavātōria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “lavatorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lavatorium 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)
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