endromis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνδρομίς (endromís), from ἐν- (en-, “in-”) + δρόμος (drómos, “race, contest”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈen.dro.mis/, [ˈɛn̪d̪rɔmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈen.dro.mis/, [ˈɛn̪d̪romis]

Noun

endromis f (genitive endromidis); third declension

1. a coarse woollen cloak used by wrestlers to keep warm after exercising
2. (later) a fine cloak that was an article of luxury

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	endromis	endromidēs
genitive	endromidis	endromidum
dative	endromidī	endromidibus
accusative	endromidem	endromidēs
ablative	endromide	endromidibus
vocative	endromis	endromidēs

References

• “endromis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “endromis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers