sessorium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sessor + -ium, i.e. "something of the sitter", or equivalently, from sedeo (“to sit, be seated”) + -tōrium (suffix forming nouns denoting places).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sesˈsoː.ri.um/, [s̠ɛs̠ˈs̠oːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sesˈso.ri.um/, [sesˈsɔːrium]
Noun[edit]
sessōrium n (genitive sessōriī or sessōrī); second declension
- seat
- stool, chair
- place of residence, a dwelling, a habitation
- (New Latin) living room (a place to sit)
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Peter Needham, Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis, London: Bloomsbury, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, page 5:
- in sessorium iit eo tempore quo nuntius novissimus commentariorum vespertinorum emittebatur.
- [original: he went into the living-room in time to catch the last report on the evening news]
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sessōrium | sessōria |
| Genitive | sessōriī sessōrī1 |
sessōriōrum |
| Dative | sessōriō | sessōriīs |
| Accusative | sessōrium | sessōria |
| Ablative | sessōriō | sessōriīs |
| Vocative | sessōrium | sessōria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- “sessorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sessorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- sessorium in du Cange, et al., Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, éd. augm., Niort : L. Favre, 1883‑1887.