subsellio

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin subsellium, derived from sub- (“under, below”) +‎ sella (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subˈsɛl.ljo/
• Rhymes: -ɛlljo
• Hyphenation: sub‧sèl‧lio

Noun

subsellio m (plural subselli)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) a kind of four-legged seat

Further reading

• subsellio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

subselliō

1. dative/ablative singular of subsellium

References

• subsellio 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)