dormitorium
Latin
Etymology
Substantive of dormītōrius (“of or for sleeping”).
Noun
dormītōrium n (genitive dormītōriī); second declension
- a sleeping-room, dormitory
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dormītōrium | dormītōria |
| genitive | dormītōriī | dormītōriōrum |
| dative | dormītōriō | dormītōriīs |
| accusative | dormītōrium | dormītōria |
| ablative | dormītōriō | dormītōriīs |
| vocative | dormītōrium | dormītōria |
Descendants
- English: dormitory, dorter
- French: dortoir
- Italian: dormitorio
- Middle French: dormoir
- Portuguese: dormitório
- Romanian: dormitor
- Spanish: dormidero, dormitorio
References
- dormitorium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dormitorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- dormitorium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dormitorium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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