pseudothyrum
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψευδόθῠρον (pseudóthuron).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pseu̯ˈdo.tʰy.rum/, [ps̠ɛu̯ˈd̪ɔt̪ʰʏrʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pseu̯ˈdo.ti.rum/, [pseu̯ˈd̪ɔːt̪irum]
Noun
pseudothyrum n (genitive pseudothyrī); second declension
- a secret door, back door, private entrance
- (figuratively) a secret manner
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pseudothyrum | pseudothyra |
| Genitive | pseudothyrī | pseudothyrōrum |
| Dative | pseudothyrō | pseudothyrīs |
| Accusative | pseudothyrum | pseudothyra |
| Ablative | pseudothyrō | pseudothyrīs |
| Vocative | pseudothyrum | pseudothyra |
References
- “pseudothyrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pseudothyrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pseudothyrum 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)
- pseudothyrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “pseudothyrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers