sessorium

sessorium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sesˈsoː.ri.um/, [sɛsˈsoː.ri.ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sesˈso.ri.um/, [sɛsˈsɔː.ri.um]

Noun

sessōrium n (genitive sessōriī or sessōrī); second declension

1. seat
2. stool, chair
3. place of residence, a dwelling, a habitation
4. (New Latin) living room (a place to sit)
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling (Translation by Peter Needham), Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, page 5:

     in sessorium iit eo tempore quo nuntius novissimus commentariorum vespertinorum emittebatur.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sessōrium	sessōria
Genitive	sessōriī sessōrī1	sessōriōrum
Dative	sessōriō	sessōriīs
Accusative	sessōrium	sessōria
Ablative	sessōriō	sessōriīs
Vocative	sessōrium	sessōria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• sessorium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sessorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• sessorium in du Cange, et al., Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, éd. augm., Niort : L. Favre, 1883‑1887.