cenaculum

Latin

Alternative forms

• coenāculum
• caenāculum

Etymology

From cēnō (“I dine”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keːˈnaː.ku.lum/, [keːˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈna.ku.lum/, [t͡ʃeˈnäːkulum]

Noun

cēnāculum n (genitive cēnāculī); second declension

1. a dining room, a cenacle
2. an attic, a garret
3. a room of a house

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cēnāculum	cēnācula
genitive	cēnāculī	cēnāculōrum
dative	cēnāculō	cēnāculīs
accusative	cēnāculum	cēnācula
ablative	cēnāculō	cēnāculīs
vocative	cēnāculum	cēnācula

Synonyms

• trīclīnium

Derived terms

• cēnācellum
• cēnāculārius
• cēnāculātus

Descendants

• Aromanian: cinache
• → Old French: cénacle
  • English: cenacle
  • French: cénacle
• → Portuguese: cenáculo (learned)
• → Spanish: cenáculo

References

• “cenaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cenaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cenaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cenaculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cenaculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin