aumatium

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from Ancient Greek ὀμμάτιον (ommátion), diminutive of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”). Attested only in Petronius’s Satyricon, in a late gloss by Fulgentius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈmaː.ti.um/, [äu̯ˈmäːt̪iʊ̃ˑ]

Noun

aumātium n (genitive aumātiī); second declension

1. a public toilet in a theatre or circus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aumātium	aumātia
Genitive	aumātiī	aumātiōrum
Dative	aumātiō	aumātiīs
Accusative	aumātium	aumātia
Ablative	aumātiō	aumātiīs
Vocative	aumātium	aumātia

References

• “aumatium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aumatium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aumatium” on page 216/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)