holocaustum
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the neuter form of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation
[edit](Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ho.loˈkau̯s.tum/, [hɔɫ̪ɔˈkäu̯s̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.loˈkau̯s.tum/, [oloˈkäu̯st̪um]
Noun
[edit]holocaustum n (genitive holocaustī); second declension
- a burnt offering wholly consumed by fire
- holocaust
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | holocaustum | holocausta |
Genitive | holocaustī | holocaustōrum |
Dative | holocaustō | holocaustīs |
Accusative | holocaustum | holocausta |
Ablative | holocaustō | holocaustīs |
Vocative | holocaustum | holocausta |
References
[edit]- “holocaustum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- holocaustum 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)
- holocaustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.