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pseudothyrum

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Latin

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψευδόθυρον (pseudóthuron).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    pseudothyrum n (genitive pseudothyrī); second declension

    1. a secret door, back door, private entrance, postern gate
    2. (figurative) a secret manner

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    References

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    • pseudothyrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • pseudothyrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "pseudothyrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • pseudothyrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • pseudothyrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers