templum
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Etymology[edit]
- From Proto-Indo-European *t(e)mp-lo-s, from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”), whence also tempus and tempora.
- Or, possibly for *temulus, from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”). Thus a (sacred) section, analogous to Ancient Greek τέμενος (témenos), from τέμνω (témnō) See also Latin temnō, tondeō, tempus.
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Noun[edit]
templum n (genitive templī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | templum | templa |
| genitive | templī | templōrum |
| dative | templō | templīs |
| accusative | templum | templa |
| ablative | templō | templīs |
| vocative | templum | templa |
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References[edit]
- templum in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- templum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- TEMPLUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- templum in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a pilgrimage to the shrines of the gods: templa deorum adire
- to make a pilgrimage to the shrines of the gods: templa deorum adire
- templum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- templum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 610-611