Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Apodyterium
‖
A-podˊy-te′ri-um
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to strip one’s self.]
(Anc. Arch.)
The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.
Definition 2024
apodyterium
apodyterium
English
Noun
apodyterium (plural apodyteriums or apodyteria)
- (architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
Translations
the apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed
|
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀποδυτήριον (apodutḗrion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.po.dyˈteː.ri.um/, [a.pɔ.dʏˈteː.ri.ũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.po.diˈte.ri.um/, [a.po.diˈteː.ri.um]
Noun
apodytērium n (genitive apodytēriī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | apodytērium | apodytēria |
| genitive | apodytēriī | apodytēriōrum |
| dative | apodytēriō | apodytēriīs |
| accusative | apodytērium | apodytēria |
| ablative | apodytēriō | apodytēriīs |
| vocative | apodytērium | apodytēria |
Descendants
- English: apodyterium
- Italian: apoditerio
References
- apodyterium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apodyterium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “apodyterium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- apodyterium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- apodyterium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin