psalterium

English

Noun

psalterium (plural psalteria)

1. An omasum
2. A zither-like musical instrument

Translations

omasum — see omasum

zither-like instrument

• Catalan: tamborí de cordes (ca) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: tambourin à cordes (fr) m

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /psalˈteː.ri.um/, [ps̠äɫ̪ˈt̪eːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /psalˈte.ri.um/, [psäl̪ˈt̪ɛːrium]

Noun

psaltērium n (genitive psaltēriī or psaltērī); second declension

1. (music) lute or psaltery

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	psaltērium	psaltēria
Genitive	psaltēriī psaltērī1	psaltēriōrum
Dative	psaltēriō	psaltēriīs
Accusative	psaltērium	psaltēria
Ablative	psaltēriō	psaltēriīs
Vocative	psaltērium	psaltēria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “psalterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “psalterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• psalterium 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)
• psalterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “psalterium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers