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hypocaustum
hypocaustum
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
hypocaustum n (genitive hypocaustī); second declension
- A hypocaust.
- A steam room or bathing room heated from below.
- 1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu de nive sexangula 13
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Admonebant istae striae rei illius, quae contingit in hypocaustis vapidis, brumali rigore pertusas fenestras obsidente.
- These grooves reminded me of that thing which happens in steam rooms, when the cold of winter beseiges perforated windows.
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Admonebant istae striae rei illius, quae contingit in hypocaustis vapidis, brumali rigore pertusas fenestras obsidente.
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Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | hypocaustum | hypocausta |
genitive | hypocaustī | hypocaustōrum |
dative | hypocaustō | hypocaustīs |
accusative | hypocaustum | hypocausta |
ablative | hypocaustō | hypocaustīs |
vocative | hypocaustum | hypocausta |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: hypocaust
Adjective
hypocaustum
- nominative neuter singular of hypocaustus
- accusative masculine singular of hypocaustus
- accusative neuter singular of hypocaustus
- vocative neuter singular of hypocaustus
References
- hypocaustum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hypocaustum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- hypocaustum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hypocaustum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin