pluteus

English

Etymology

Latin pluteus

Noun

pluteus (plural pluteuses or plutei)

  1. (architecture) A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church
  2. (zoology) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplu.te.us/, [ˈpɫʊ.te.ʊs]

Noun

pluteus m (genitive pluteī); second declension

  1. A form of protective shed or breastwork.
  2. A moveable screen.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pluteus pluteī
Genitive pluteī pluteōrum
Dative pluteō pluteīs
Accusative pluteum pluteōs
Ablative pluteō pluteīs
Vocative plutee pluteī

References
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “pluteus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume II, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 595
  • pluteus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pluteus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pluteus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • pluteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • pluteus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pluteus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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