vestibulum
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin vestibulum (“a forecourt, entrance court; an entrance”). Doublet of vestibule.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.əm/
- Rhymes: -ɪbjʊləm
Noun
vestibulum (plural vestibula)
- (zootomy) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.
- (anatomy) The vestibule of the ear.
Derived terms
- vestibular
- vestibulo-
References
- “vestibulum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Latin
Etymology
From vestiō (“to dress, clothe, vest”) + -bulum (“place, location”, nominal suffix), probably from the sense of "a place to dress."
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯esˈti.bu.lum/, [u̯ɛs̠ˈt̪ɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vesˈti.bu.lum/, [vesˈt̪iːbulum]
Noun
vestibulum n (genitive vestibulī); second declension
- (literally) enclosed space between the entrance of a house and the street, forecourt, entrance court
- Coordinate term: ātrium
- (transferred sense) entrance (to anything)
- Synonyms: iānua, ingressus, līmen, initium, porta, ingressiō, foris
- Antonym: abitus
- (figurative) beginning
- Synonyms: initium, prīmōrdium, prīncipium, līmen, orīgō, exordium
- Antonym: fīnis
- Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 45:
- in vestibulo templi Dianae
- In the vestibule of Diana's temple
- in vestibulo templi Dianae
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vestibulum | vestibula |
| Genitive | vestibulī | vestibulōrum |
| Dative | vestibulō | vestibulīs |
| Accusative | vestibulum | vestibula |
| Ablative | vestibulō | vestibulīs |
| Vocative | vestibulum | vestibula |
Descendants
Descendants of vestibulum in other languages
- → Catalan: vestíbul
- → English: vestibulum
- → French: vestibule
- → English: vestibule
- → German: Vestibül
- → Romanian: vestibul
- → Galician: vestíbulo
- → Italian: vestibolo
- → Piedmontese: vestìbul
- → Polish: westybul
- → Portuguese: vestíbulo
- → Russian: вестибюль (vestibjulʹ)
- → Slovak: vestibul
- → Spanish: vestíbulo
References
- “vestibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vestibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vestibulum 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)
- vestibulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “vestibulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “vestibulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin