subsellium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originates 1695–1705 from Latin subsellia (low seat or bench), from sub- (under) + sella (seat).
Noun[edit]
subsellium (plural subsellia)
- A projecting ledge on the stalls in a church where persons might lean whilst standing during prayers; misericord.
References[edit]
- “subsellium”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /subˈsel.li.um/, [s̠ʊpˈs̠ɛlːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /subˈsel.li.um/, [subˈsɛlːium]
Noun[edit]
subsellium n (genitive subselliī or subsellī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | subsellium | subsellia |
| Genitive | subselliī subsellī1 |
subselliōrum |
| Dative | subselliō | subselliīs |
| Accusative | subsellium | subsellia |
| Ablative | subselliō | subselliīs |
| Vocative | subsellium | subsellia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “subsellium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subsellium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subsellium 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)
- subsellium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “subsellium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “subsellium”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.