labyrinthus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, “maze”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /la.byˈrin.tʰus/, [ɫ̪äbʏˈrɪn̪t̪ʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /la.biˈrin.tus/, [läbiˈrin̪t̪us]
Noun
labyrinthus m (genitive labyrinthī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | labyrinthus | labyrinthī |
| Genitive | labyrinthī | labyrinthōrum |
| Dative | labyrinthō | labyrinthīs |
| Accusative | labyrinthum | labyrinthōs |
| Ablative | labyrinthō | labyrinthīs |
| Vocative | labyrinthe | labyrinthī |
Descendants
Descendants
References
- “labyrinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “labyrinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- labyrinthus 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)
- labyrinthus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “labyrinthus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “labyrinthus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin