phylacterium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῠλᾰκτήρῐον (phŭlăktḗrĭon, “amulet”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰy.lakˈteː.ri.um/, [pʰʏɫ̪äkˈt̪eːriʊ̃ˑ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.lakˈte.ri.um/, [filäkˈt̪ɛːrium]

Noun

phylactērium n (genitive phylactēriī or phylactērī); second declension

1. amulet
2. gladiator's medal
3. (Late Latin, Judaism) phylactery

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	phylactērium	phylactēria
genitive	phylactēriī phylactērī1	phylactēriōrum
dative	phylactēriō	phylactēriīs
accusative	phylactērium	phylactēria
ablative	phylactēriō	phylactēriīs
vocative	phylactērium	phylactēria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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