nosocomium
Latin
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, suffering”) + κομέω (koméō, “to tend”).
Noun
nosocomīum n (genitive nosocomīī); second declension (Late Latin– New Latin)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nosocomīum | nosocomīa |
Genitive | nosocomīī | nosocomīōrum |
Dative | nosocomīō | nosocomīīs |
Accusative | nosocomīum | nosocomīa |
Ablative | nosocomīō | nosocomīīs |
Vocative | nosocomīum | nosocomīa |
Descendants
References
- “nosocomium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nosocomium 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)
- nosocomium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- nosocomium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016