marsupium

English

Etymology

Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”), perhaps of Oriental origin.

Noun

marsupium (plural marsupia)

  1. The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young
  2. A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae

Translations

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /marˈsuː.pi.um/, [marˈsuː.pi.ũ]

Noun

marsūpium n (genitive marsūpiī); second declension

  1. pouch, purse

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative marsūpium marsūpia
genitive marsūpiī marsūpiōrum
dative marsūpiō marsūpiīs
accusative marsūpium marsūpia
ablative marsūpiō marsūpiīs
vocative marsūpium marsūpia

References

  • marsupium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • marsupium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • marsupium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • marsupium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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