refectorium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.fekˈtoː.ri.um/, [rɛfɛkˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.fekˈto.ri.um/, [refekˈt̪ɔːrium]

Etymology 1

Noun use of the neutral form of the adjective refectōrius (“refreshing”).

Noun

refectōrium n (genitive refectōriī or refectōrī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) refectory

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	refectōrium	refectōria
Genitive	refectōriī refectōrī1	refectōriōrum
Dative	refectōriō	refectōriīs
Accusative	refectōrium	refectōria
Ablative	refectōriō	refectōriīs
Vocative	refectōrium	refectōria

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

Descendants

• Danish: refektorium
• Dutch: refectorium
• English: refectory
• French: réfectoire
• German: Refektorium
• Italian: refettorio
• Latvian: refektorijs
• Norwegian Bokmål: refektorium
• Norwegian Nynorsk: refektorium
• Portuguese: refeitório
• Spanish: refectorio
• Swedish: refektorium

References

• refectorium 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)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) refectōrium

1. accusative singular masculine of refectōrius
2. nominative singular neuter of refectōrius
3. accusative singular neuter of refectōrius
4. vocative singular neuter of refectōrius

Noun

(deprecated template usage) refectōrium n

1. accusative singular of refectōrium
2. vocative singular of refectōrium