nosocomium

English

Etymology

From Latin nosocomīum.

Noun

nosocomium (plural nosocomia)

1. (historical) An ancient hospital.

Latin

nosocomīum turcicum campestre

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, suffering”) +‎ κομέω (koméō, “to tend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /no.so.koˈmiː.um/, [nɔs̠ɔkɔˈmiːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.so.koˈmi.um/, [nos̬okoˈmiːum]

Noun

nosocomīum n (genitive nosocomīī); second declension (Late Latin– New Latin)

1. hospital, infirmary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	nosocomīum	nosocomīa
genitive	nosocomīī	nosocomīōrum
dative	nosocomīō	nosocomīīs
accusative	nosocomīum	nosocomīa
ablative	nosocomīō	nosocomīīs
vocative	nosocomīum	nosocomīa

Descendants

• Catalan: nosocomi
• Italian: nosocomio
• Portuguese: nosocómio (Portugal), nosocômio (Brazil)
• Spanish: nosocomio

References

• “nosocomium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "nosocomium", 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)
• nosocomium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• nosocomium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016