marsupium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”), perhaps of Oriental origin.

Noun

marsupium (plural marsupia)

The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.
A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.

Related terms

marsupial
marsupialization
marsupialize

Translations

pouch of a marsupial

Catalan: marsupi m
Finnish: pussi (fi), marsupium (fi)
French: marsupium (fr) m
German: Beutel (de) m

Greek: μάρσιπος (el) m (mársipos)
Italian: marsupio (it) m
Portuguese: marsúpio m
Spanish: marsupio (es) m

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} marsupio (it) m

Korean: 새끼주머니 (saekki-jumeoni)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marsūpium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrsupiu̯m/, [ˈmɑrs̠upiu̯m]
Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pium

Noun

marsupium

(zoology) marsupium

Declension

Inflection of marsupium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		marsupium	marsupiumit
genitive		marsupiumin	marsupiumien
partitive		marsupiumia	marsupiumeja
illative		marsupiumiin	marsupiumeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		marsupium	marsupiumit
accusative	nom.	marsupium	marsupiumit
accusative	gen.	marsupiumin	marsupiumit
genitive		marsupiumin	marsupiumien
partitive		marsupiumia	marsupiumeja
inessive		marsupiumissa	marsupiumeissa
elative		marsupiumista	marsupiumeista
illative		marsupiumiin	marsupiumeihin
adessive		marsupiumilla	marsupiumeilla
ablative		marsupiumilta	marsupiumeilta
allative		marsupiumille	marsupiumeille
essive		marsupiumina	marsupiumeina
translative		marsupiumiksi	marsupiumeiksi
instructive		—	marsupiumein
abessive		marsupiumitta	marsupiumeitta
comitative		—	marsupiumeineen

Latin

Alternative forms

marsuppium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /marˈsuː.pi.um/, [marˈsuː.pi.ũ]

Noun

marsūpium n (genitive marsūpiī); second declension

pouch, purse

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marsūpium	marsūpia
Genitive	marsūpiī	marsūpiōrum
Dative	marsūpiō	marsūpiīs
Accusative	marsūpium	marsūpia
Ablative	marsūpiō	marsūpiīs
Vocative	marsūpium	marsūpia

Descendants

→ English: marsupium
Italian: marsupio
Spanish: marsupio

References

marsupium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
marsupium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
marsupium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
marsupium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin