gerontocomium

Latin

Alternative forms

• gerocomīum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γεροντοκομεῖον (gerontokomeîon), from γέρων (gérōn, “old man”) + κομέω (koméō, “to tend”).

Noun

gerontocomīum n (genitive gerontocomīī); second declension (Byzantine Latin– New Latin)

1. hospital for the aged, rest home

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	gerontocomīum	gerontocomīa
genitive	gerontocomīī	gerontocomīōrum
dative	gerontocomīō	gerontocomīīs
accusative	gerontocomīum	gerontocomīa
ablative	gerontocomīō	gerontocomīīs
vocative	gerontocomīum	gerontocomīa

Descendants

• French: gérontocomie
• Italian: gerontocomio