horologium

See also: Horologium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hoː.roˈlo.ɡi.um/, [hoː.rɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.ũ]

Noun

hōrologium n (genitive hōrologiī); second declension

  1. A sundial
  2. A water clock
  3. (later Latin): A clock

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hōrologium hōrologia
genitive hōrologiī hōrologiōrum
dative hōrologiō hōrologiīs
accusative hōrologium hōrologia
ablative hōrologiō hōrologiīs
vocative hōrologium hōrologia

Descendants

  • Occitan: relòtge
  • Old Catalan: relotge
  • Portuguese: relógio, horológio
  • Romanian: orologiu
  • Sardinian: arrelógiu, rellozu, arrelórgiu, rológiu
  • Sicilian: ralogiu, rologgiu, ruloggiu, riloggiu
  • Venetian: rełogio
  • Walloon: ôrlodje

References

  • horologium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • horologium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • horologium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • horologium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • horologium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • horologium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • horologium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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