pluteus
English
Noun
pluteus (plural pluteuses or plutei)
- (architecture) A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church
- (zoology) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplu.te.us/, [ˈpɫʊ.te.ʊs]
Noun
pluteus m (genitive pluteī); second declension
- A form of protective shed or breastwork.
- A moveable screen.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pluteus | pluteī |
| Genitive | pluteī | pluteōrum |
| Dative | pluteō | pluteīs |
| Accusative | pluteum | pluteōs |
| Ablative | pluteō | pluteīs |
| Vocative | plutee | pluteī |
References
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “pluteus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 595
- pluteus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pluteus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pluteus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- pluteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- pluteus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pluteus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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