punctorium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pungō (“prick, puncture”) + -tōrium.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /puːnkˈtoː.ri.um/, [puːŋkˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /punkˈto.ri.um/, [puŋkˈt̪ɔːrium]
Noun
[edit]pūnctōrium n (genitive pūnctōriī or pūnctōrī); second declension
- an instrument for pricking or puncturing
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pūnctōrium | pūnctōria |
| genitive | pūnctōriī pūnctōrī1 |
pūnctōriōrum |
| dative | pūnctōriō | pūnctōriīs |
| accusative | pūnctōrium | pūnctōria |
| ablative | pūnctōriō | pūnctōriīs |
| vocative | pūnctōrium | pūnctōria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “punctorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- punctorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- punctorium 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)