delubrum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from 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 (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈɫuː.brũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈluː.brum]

Noun

dēlūbrum n (genitive dēlūbrī); second declension

1. a temple, shrine

   Near-synonyms: sacellum, templum, fānum, āra

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 4.18.12:

     deorum templa atque delubra

     temples and shrines of the gods

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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, 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