vestibulum

Etymology

Latin vestibulum (“vestibule”).

Noun

vestibulum (plural vestibula)

1. (zoology) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.
2. (anatomy) The vestibule of the ear.

Etymology

From vesti(ō) (“to dress”) +‎ -bulum (equivalent to English vest + -ible), probably from the sense of "a place to dress."

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wesˈti.bu.lum/, [wɛsˈtɪ.bʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

vestibulum n (genitive vestibulī); second declension

1. vestibule, forecourt, an enclosed area at the front of a house.

See also

• ātrium

References

• vestibulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vestibulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vestibulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vestibulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• vestibulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vestibulum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin