horologium
See also: Horologium
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hoː.roˈlo.ɡi.um/, [hoː.rɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.ʊ̃]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.roˈlo.d͡ʒi.um/, [o.roˈloː.d͡ʒi.um]
Noun
hōrologium n (genitive hōrologiī or hōrologī); second declension
- A sundial
- A water clock
- (later Latin): A clock
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hōrologium | hōrologia |
Genitive | hōrologiī hōrologī1 |
hōrologiōrum |
Dative | hōrologiō | hōrologiīs |
Accusative | hōrologium | hōrologia |
Ablative | hōrologiō | hōrologiīs |
Vocative | hōrologium | hōrologia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- French: horloge
- Friulian: orloi
- Galician: reloxo
- Istriot: rilojo
- Italian: orologio
- Maltese: arloġġ
- Norman: hôlouoge (Jersey)
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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