antependium

English

Etymology

From Latin ante (“before”) + pendere (“to hang”)

Noun

antependium (plural antependiums or antependia)

  1. (ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
    Synonym: forecloth

Translations

References
  • antependium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antependium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɑn.təˈpɛn.di.ʏm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧te‧pen‧di‧um

Noun

antependium n (plural antependia)

  1. (Christianity) antependium, frontal; the drapery hangings before an altar or lectern in a church

Finnish

Noun

antependium

  1. (rare) Synonym of alttarivaate (“antependium”).

Declension
Inflection of antependium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative antependium antependiumit
genitive antependiumin antependiumien
partitive antependiumia antependiumeja
illative antependiumiin antependiumeihin
singular plural
nominative antependium antependiumit
accusative nom. antependium antependiumit
gen. antependiumin
genitive antependiumin antependiumien
partitive antependiumia antependiumeja
inessive antependiumissa antependiumeissa
elative antependiumista antependiumeista
illative antependiumiin antependiumeihin
adessive antependiumilla antependiumeilla
ablative antependiumilta antependiumeilta
allative antependiumille antependiumeille
essive antependiumina antependiumeina
translative antependiumiksi antependiumeiksi
instructive — antependiumein
abessive antependiumitta antependiumeitta
comitative — antependiumeineen

Latin

Noun

antependium n (genitive antependiī or antependī); second declension

  1. antependium
    Antependia habet et bene pendent.
    He has antependiums and they hang quite well.
Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative antependium antependia
Genitive antependiī
antependī1		 antependiōrum
Dative antependiō antependiīs
Accusative antependium antependia
Ablative antependiō antependiīs
Vocative antependium antependia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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