nosocomus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νοσοκόμος (nosokómos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noˈso.ko.mus/, [nɔˈs̠ɔkɔmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈso.ko.mus/, [noˈs̬ɔːkomus]

Noun

nosocomus m (genitive nosocomī, feminine nosocoma); second declension

1. sick-nurse, attendant on the sick

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nosocomus	nosocomī
genitive	nosocomī	nosocomōrum
dative	nosocomō	nosocomīs
accusative	nosocomum	nosocomōs
ablative	nosocomō	nosocomīs
vocative	nosocome	nosocomī

References

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