baptisterium
See also: Baptisterium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bap.tisˈteː.ri.um/, [bäpt̪ɪs̠ˈt̪eːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bap.tisˈte.ri.um/, [bäpt̪isˈt̪ɛːrium]
Noun
[edit]baptistērium n (genitive baptistēriī or baptistērī); second declension
- A place for bathing.
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) A baptistery or baptistry; a baptismal font.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | baptistērium | baptistēria |
| genitive | baptistēriī baptistērī1 |
baptistēriōrum |
| dative | baptistēriō | baptistēriīs |
| accusative | baptistērium | baptistēria |
| ablative | baptistēriō | baptistēriīs |
| vocative | baptistērium | baptistēria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: baptisteri
- → Danish: baptisterium
- → Dutch: baptisterium
- → English: baptistery, baptistry
- → Esperanto: baptisterio
- → French: baptistère
- → German: Baptisterium
- → Italian: battistero
- → Norman: bâptistéthe
- → Norwegian Bokmål: baptisterium
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: baptisterium
- → Portuguese: batistério
- → Romanian: baptisteriu
- → Spanish: baptisterio
- → Swedish: baptisterium
References
[edit]- “baptisterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- baptisterium 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)
- baptisterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “baptisterium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “baptisterium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin