cauterium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion), derived from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈteː.ri.um/, [käu̯ˈt̪eːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈte.ri.um/, [käu̯ˈt̪ɛːrium]
Noun[edit]
cautērium n (genitive cautēriī or cautērī); second declension
- (Late Latin) A branding iron.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cautērium | cautēria |
Genitive | cautēriī cautērī1 |
cautēriōrum |
Dative | cautēriō | cautēriīs |
Accusative | cautērium | cautēria |
Ablative | cautēriō | cautēriīs |
Vocative | cautērium | cautēria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
- → Old Saxon: kanteri
- → Catalan: cauteri
- → Galician: cauterio
- → Italian: cauterio
- → Portuguese: cautério
- → Spanish: cauterio
References[edit]
- “cauterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cauterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.