Mausoleum

See also: mausoleum

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mausōlēum (“mausoleum”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mausoleum n (strong, genitive Mausoleums, plural Mausoleen)

1. mausoleum

Declension

Declension of Mausoleum [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mausoleum	die	Mausoleen
genitive	eines	des	Mausoleums	der	Mausoleen
dative	einem	dem	Mausoleum	den	Mausoleen
accusative	ein	das	Mausoleum	die	Mausoleen

Descendants

• → Russian: мавзолей (mavzolej)

Further reading

• “Mausoleum” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon), named after Mausolus (?–395 BCE).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mau̯.soːˈleː.um/, [mäu̯s̠oːˈɫ̪eːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mau̯.soˈle.um/, [mäu̯soˈlɛːum]

Proper noun

Mausōlēum n sg (genitive Mausōlēī); second declension

1. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mausōlēum
Genitive	Mausōlēī
Dative	Mausōlēō
Accusative	Mausōlēum
Ablative	Mausōlēō
Vocative	Mausōlēum

Noun

Mausōlēum n sg (genitive Mausōlēī); second declension

1. a mausoleum
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 5.64:

     Tam vicina iubent nos vivere Mausolea, cum doceant, ipsos posse perire deos.

     The mausoleums, close at hand, bid us live, for they teach us that even gods can die.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Mausōlēum	Mausōlēa
Genitive	Mausōlēī	Mausōlēōrum
Dative	Mausōlēō	Mausōlēīs
Accusative	Mausōlēum	Mausōlēa
Ablative	Mausōlēō	Mausōlēīs
Vocative	Mausōlēum	Mausōlēa

References

• “Mausōlēum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mausōlēum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 956.