logeum

See also: löge um

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λογεῖον (logeîon, “stage, platform”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /loˈɡeː.um/, [ɫ̪ɔˈɡeːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈd͡ʒe.um/, [loˈd͡ʒɛːum]

Noun

logēum n (genitive logēī); second declension

1. the part of the stage on which the actors spoke
   • c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 5.8.2
2. archives
   • 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 5.20.6

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	logēum	logēa
Genitive	logēī	logēōrum
Dative	logēō	logēīs
Accusative	logēum	logēa
Ablative	logēō	logēīs
Vocative	logēum	logēa

Synonyms

• pulpitum

Descendants

• Italian: leggio

References

• “logeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “logeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• logeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.