Latin

Noun

templum n ‎(genitive templī); second declension

1. a temple, shrine, sacred place
2. an open area, especially for augury

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• contemplor
• extemplo

Related terms

• templāris
• templātim

Descendants

References

• templum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• templum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TEMPLUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “templum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a pilgrimage to the shrines of the gods: templa deorum adire
    
• templum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• templum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 610-611