lavabrum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *lawāðrom, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃- (“to wash, bathe”) + *-dʰrom, equivalent to lavō (“to wash, bathe”) + -brum.
Compare Gaulish lautron, Old Irish lóathar (< Proto-Celtic *lowatrom), Proto-Germanic *lauþrą, Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón) and Mycenaean Greek *𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫 (*-re-wo-to-ro /*lewotron/) (< Proto-Hellenic *lewotrón). Compare the Celtic-origin place-names Lavatrae and Laudradum.
Noun
[edit]lavābrum n (genitive lavābrī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lavābrum | lavābra |
| genitive | lavābrī | lavābrōrum |
| dative | lavābrō | lavābrīs |
| accusative | lavābrum | lavābra |
| ablative | lavābrō | lavābrīs |
| vocative | lavābrum | lavābra |
References
[edit]- lavabrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms suffixed with -brum
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- Latin archaic forms