templum
Latin
Etymology
- For *temulum, from Proto-Italic *temalom, 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.
- Or from Proto-Indo-European *templom, from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”), whence also tempus and tempora.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtem.plum/, [ˈt̪ɛmpɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtem.plum/, [ˈt̪ɛmplum]
Noun
templum n (genitive templī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | templum | templa |
Genitive | templī | templōrum |
Dative | templō | templīs |
Accusative | templum | templa |
Ablative | templō | templīs |
Vocative | templum | templa |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “templum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- templum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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, →ISBN, pages 610-611
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