asylum
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Noun[edit]
asylum (plural asylums)
- A place of safety
- The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
- A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
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Translations[edit]
place of safety
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Mental asylum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἄσυλον
Noun[edit]
asȳlum (genitive asȳlī); n, second declension
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | asȳlum | asȳla |
| genitive | asȳlī | asȳlōrum |
| dative | asȳlō | asȳlīs |
| accusative | asȳlum | asȳla |
| ablative | asȳlō | asȳlīs |
| vocative | asȳlum | asȳla |