latrina

See also: latrína

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lātrīna.

Noun

latrina f (plural latrine)

1. lavatory (public)
2. latrine, bog, shitter
3. outhouse

Related terms

• latrinaio

Anagrams

• antrali, intarla

Latin

Alternative forms

• lātrīnum

Etymology

Contracted from lavātrīna (“place to bathe”), from lavō (“wash, bathe”)

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laːˈtriː.na/, [ɫ̪äːˈt̪riːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈtri.na/, [läˈt̪riːnä]

Noun

lātrīna f (genitive lātrīnae); first declension

1. (originally) bath
2. lavatory, water closet, toilet, privy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lātrīna	lātrīnae
Genitive	lātrīnae	lātrīnārum
Dative	lātrīnae	lātrīnīs
Accusative	lātrīnam	lātrīnās
Ablative	lātrīnā	lātrīnīs
Vocative	lātrīna	lātrīnae

Descendants

• → Catalan: latrina
• → Czech: latrína
• → Dutch: latrine
• → English: latrine
• → French: latrines
• → Galician: latrina
• → German: Latrine
• → Italian: latrina
• → Portuguese: latrina
• → Romanian: latrină
• → Slovak: latrína
• → Spanish: latrina, letrina

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lātrīna.

Noun

latrina f (plural latrinas)

1. latrine (simple toilet facility)

Anagrams

• latinar