apodyterium
English
Etymology
Latin , from Ancient Greek ἀποδυτήριον (apodutḗrion), from ἀποδύω (apodúō, “strip oneself”).
Noun
apodyterium (plural apodyteriums or apodyteria)
- (architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
Translations
the apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀποδυτήριον (apodutḗrion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.po.dyˈteː.ri.um/, [a.pɔ.dʏˈteː.ri.ʊ̃]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.po.diˈte.ri.um/, [a.po.diˈteː.ri.um]
Noun
apodytērium n (genitive apodytēriī or apodytērī); second declension
- a changing room
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | apodytērium | apodytēria |
| Genitive | apodytēriī apodytērī1 | apodytēriōrum |
| Dative | apodytēriō | apodytēriīs |
| Accusative | apodytērium | apodytēria |
| Ablative | apodytēriō | apodytēriīs |
| Vocative | apodytērium | apodytēria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- English: apodyterium
- Italian: apoditerio
References
- apodyterium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apodyterium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- apodyterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- apodyterium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- apodyterium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin