pessarium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pessārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈsaːriʏm/

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• Hyphenation: pes‧sa‧ri‧um
• Rhymes: -aːriʏm

Noun

pessarium n (plural pessaria or pessariums, diminutive pessariumpje n)

1. pessary, diaphragm

   Synonym: vrouwenring

Latin

Etymology

From pessum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pesˈsaː.ri.um/, [pɛs̠ˈs̠äːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pesˈsa.ri.um/, [pesˈsäːrium]

Noun

pessārium n (genitive pessāriī or pessārī); second declension

1. A pessary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pessārium	pessāria
Genitive	pessāriī pessārī1	pessāriōrum
Dative	pessāriō	pessāriīs
Accusative	pessārium	pessāria
Ablative	pessāriō	pessāriīs
Vocative	pessārium	pessāria

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

References

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