delubrum

English

Etymology

Latin dēlūbrum

Noun

delubrum (plural delubra)

1. A temple or shrine.
2. A sanctuary.
3. A church with a font.

Latin

Etymology

From dēlu(ō) (“to cleanse”) +‎ -brum, from de- + lavō (“I wash”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈluː.brum/, [d̪eːˈɫ̪uːbrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈlu.brum/, [d̪eˈluːbrum]

Noun

dēlūbrum n (genitive dēlūbrī); second declension

1. a temple, shrine

   Synonyms: sacellum, templum, fānum, āra

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēlūbrum	dēlūbra
Genitive	dēlūbrī	dēlūbrōrum
Dative	dēlūbrō	dēlūbrīs
Accusative	dēlūbrum	dēlūbra
Ablative	dēlūbrō	dēlūbrīs
Vocative	dēlūbrum	dēlūbra

Descendants

• Italian: delubro
• Portuguese: delubro

References

• “delubrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “delubrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• delubrum 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)
• delubrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “delubrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “delubrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin