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spelaeum

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Noun

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spēlaeum n (genitive spēlaeī); second declension

  1. cave, cavern
  2. den

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative spēlaeum spēlaea
genitive spēlaeī spēlaeōrum
dative spēlaeō spēlaeīs
accusative spēlaeum spēlaea
ablative spēlaeō spēlaeīs
vocative spēlaeum spēlaea

Derived terms

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References

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  • spelaeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spelaeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spelaeum 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)
  • spelaeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • spelaeum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly