membrum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmem.brum/, [ˈmɛm.brũ]

Noun

membrum n (genitive membrī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) limb of the body; member.
  2. (euphemistic) the penis (membrum virīle)
  3. a portion, division
  4. apartment, room in a house
  5. member of the state
  6. (Late Latin, Christianity) member of the Body of Christ, member of the church
  7. (grammar) clause of a sentence

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative membrum membra
Genitive membrī membrōrum
Dative membrō membrīs
Accusative membrum membra
Ablative membrō membrīs
Vocative membrum membra

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • membrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • membrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • membrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • membrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed: omnibus membris captum esse
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