architriclinus
Latin
Etymology
From archi- (“arch-, highest”) + trīclīnium (“dining room”) + -us.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ar.kʰi.triːˈkliː.nus/, [ärkʰɪt̪riːˈklʲiːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.ki.triˈkli.nus/, [ärkit̪riˈkliːnus]
Noun
architrīclīnus m (genitive architrīclīnī); second declension
- (Late Latin) master of a feast (who presides at table)
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate John 2:8:
- Et dicit eis Iesus: haurite nunc et ferte architriclino, et tulerunt.
- And Jesus said to them, “Now draw from it and take it to the master of the feast”, and they took it.
- Et dicit eis Iesus: haurite nunc et ferte architriclino, et tulerunt.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | architrīclīnus | architrīclīnī |
| Genitive | architrīclīnī | architrīclīnōrum |
| Dative | architrīclīnō | architrīclīnīs |
| Accusative | architrīclīnum | architrīclīnōs |
| Ablative | architrīclīnō | architrīclīnīs |
| Vocative | architrīclīne | architrīclīnī |
Descendants
- Old Portuguese: arquetecrinno
- Portuguese: arquitriclino
- Spanish: arquitriclino
References
- “architriclinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- architriclinus 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)
- architriclinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Souter, Alexander (1949), “architrīclīnus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 22