lotium
Latin
Etymology
lavō (wash; void the bowels) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈloː.ti.um/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlot.t͡si.um/, [ˈlɔt̪ː͡s̪ium]
Noun
lōtium n (genitive lōtiī or lōtī); second declension
- urine, piss
- c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:
- Ad haec ille surrīdēns ‘At tū’ inquit ‘nōn sanguine sed lōtiō perfūsus es!’
- Hearing this, he grinned and said, "But you didn't soak in blood, you soaked in piss!"
- Ad haec ille surrīdēns ‘At tū’ inquit ‘nōn sanguine sed lōtiō perfūsus es!’
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lōtium | lōtia |
Genitive | lōtiī lōtī1 | lōtiōrum |
Dative | lōtiō | lōtiīs |
Accusative | lōtium | lōtia |
Ablative | lōtiō | lōtiīs |
Vocative | lōtium | lōtia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “lotium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lotium 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)
- lotium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “lōtium” on page 1148/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Anagrams
- mutilo