baptisterium
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bap.tisˈteː.ri.um/, [bäpt̪ɪs̠ˈt̪eːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bap.tisˈte.ri.um/, [bäpt̪isˈt̪ɛːrium]
Noun
baptistērium n (genitive baptistēriī or baptistērī); second declension
- A place for bathing.
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) A baptistery; a baptismal font.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | baptistērium | baptistēria |
| Genitive | baptistēriī baptistērī1 |
baptistēriōrum |
| Dative | baptistēriō | baptistēriīs |
| Accusative | baptistērium | baptistēria |
| Ablative | baptistēriō | baptistēriīs |
| Vocative | baptistērium | baptistēria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
Descendants
- English: baptistry
- French: baptistère
- Norman: bâptistéthe
- Italian: battistero
- Portuguese: batistério
- Spanish: baptisterio
References
- “baptisterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- baptisterium 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)
- baptisterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “baptisterium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “baptisterium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin