gurgustium
Latin
Etymology
From gurges (“whirlpool, abyss”)[1]
Noun
gurgustium n (genitive gurgustiī or gurgustī); second declension
- hut, hovel
- a hole-in-the-wall, dark and obscure place
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gurgustium | gurgustia |
| Genitive | gurgustiī gurgustī1 | gurgustiōrum |
| Dative | gurgustiō | gurgustiīs |
| Accusative | gurgustium | gurgustia |
| Ablative | gurgustiō | gurgustiīs |
| Vocative | gurgustium | gurgustia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “gurgustium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gurgustium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gurgustium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- gurgustium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- gurgustium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kroeg”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute