purgatorium
See also: purgatórium
Latin
Etymology
Post-Classical substantive use of purgātōrius (“cleansing, purgative”), from purgō (“cleanse, purify”).
Noun
pūrgātōrium n (genitive pūrgātōriī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pūrgātōrium | pūrgātōria |
| Genitive | pūrgātōriī | pūrgātōriōrum |
| Dative | pūrgātōriō | pūrgātōriīs |
| Accusative | pūrgātōrium | pūrgātōria |
| Ablative | pūrgātōriō | pūrgātōriīs |
| Vocative | pūrgātōrium | pūrgātōria |
Related terms
- purgābilis
- purgāmen
- purgāmentum
- purgātē
- purgātiō
- purgātīvus
- purgātor
- purgātōrius
- purgātrīx
- purgātus
- purgō
Descendants
descendants and borrowings
- Albanian: purgator
- Catalan: purgatori
- English: purgatory
- Esperanto: purgatorio
- French: purgatoire
- Galician: purgatorio
- Hungarian: purgatórium
- Italian: purgatorio
- Portuguese: purgatório
- Romanian: purgatóriu
- Spanish: purgatorio
- Tagalog: purgatoryo
References
- purgatorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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