holocaustum

Latin

Etymology

From the neuter form of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ho.loˈkau̯s.tum/, [hɔɫ̪ɔˈkäu̯s̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.loˈkau̯s.tum/, [oloˈkäu̯st̪um]

Noun

holocaustum n (genitive holocaustī); second declension

1. a burnt offering wholly consumed by fire
2. holocaust

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	holocaustum	holocausta
genitive	holocaustī	holocaustōrum
dative	holocaustō	holocaustīs
accusative	holocaustum	holocausta
ablative	holocaustō	holocaustīs
vocative	holocaustum	holocausta

References

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