tabernaculum

Latin

Etymology

From taberna (hut, cabin) + -culum (diminutive suffix); in Biblical use, translating the Septuagint word σκηνή (skēnḗ, tent).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ta.berˈnaː.ku.lum/, [ta.bɛrˈnaː.kʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

tabernāculum n (genitive tabernāculī); second declension

  1. A tent.
  2. A tabernacle.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tabernāculum tabernācula
Genitive tabernāculī tabernāculōrum
Dative tabernāculō tabernāculīs
Accusative tabernāculum tabernācula
Ablative tabernāculō tabernāculīs
Vocative tabernāculum tabernācula

Descendants

References

  • tabernaculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tabernaculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tabernaculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • tabernaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • tabernaculum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tabernaculum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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