phylacterium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῠλᾰκτήρῐον (phulaktḗrion, “amulet”).
Pronunciation
[edit](Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pʰy.lakˈteː.ri.um/, [pʰʏɫ̪äkˈt̪eːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fi.lakˈte.ri.um/, [filäkˈt̪ɛːrium]
Noun
[edit]phylactērium n (genitive phylactēriī or phylactērī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | phylactērium | phylactēria |
Genitive | phylactēriī phylactērī1 |
phylactēriōrum |
Dative | phylactēriō | phylactēriīs |
Accusative | phylactērium | phylactēria |
Ablative | phylactēriō | phylactēriīs |
Vocative | phylactērium | phylactēria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “phylacterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phylacterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.