promptuarium
Latin
Etymology
From prōmptus (“readiness”) + -ārium (of purpose), via *promptuārius. The u in the spelling is due to the fourth declension noun.
Noun
prōmptuārium n (genitive prōmptuāriī or prōmptuārī); second declension
- cupboard, storeroom
- repository
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōmptuārium | prōmptuāria |
| Genitive | prōmptuāriī prōmptuārī1 | prōmptuāriōrum |
| Dative | prōmptuāriō | prōmptuāriīs |
| Accusative | prōmptuārium | prōmptuāria |
| Ablative | prōmptuāriō | prōmptuāriīs |
| Vocative | prōmptuārium | prōmptuāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- English: promptuary (“preparatory”) (archaic)
- Italian: prontuario (“handbook”)
References
- “promptuarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- promptuarium 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)
- promptuarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette