architriclinus

Latin

Etymology

From archi- (“arch-, highest”) +‎ trīclīnium (“dining room”) +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.triːˈkliː.nus/, [ärkʰɪt̪riːˈklʲiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.ki.triˈkli.nus/, [ärkit̪riˈkliːnus]

Noun

architrīclīnus m (genitive architrīclīnī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) master of a feast (who presides at table)
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate John.2.8:

     Et dicit eis Iesus: haurite nunc et ferte architriclino, et tulerunt.

     And Jesus said to them, “Now draw from it and take it to the master of the feast”, and they took it.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	architrīclīnus	architrīclīnī
Genitive	architrīclīnī	architrīclīnōrum
Dative	architrīclīnō	architrīclīnīs
Accusative	architrīclīnum	architrīclīnōs
Ablative	architrīclīnō	architrīclīnīs
Vocative	architrīclīne	architrīclīnī

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: arquetecrinno
• Portuguese: arquitriclino
• Spanish: arquitriclino

References

• “architriclinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• architriclinus 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)
• architriclinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Souter, Alexander (1949) “architrīclīnus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 22