LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

acētābulum

acētābulum n (genitive acētābulī)
Classical[a.keːˈtaː.bʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[a.t͡ʃeˈtaː.bu.lum]

Meaning

  1. acetabulum, a saucer for vinegar
  2. saucer, any similarly sized and shaped dish
  3. historicalacetabulum, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 66 mL
  4. acetabulum, the hipbone socket
  5. acetabulum, the suckers or cavities in the arms of polypi
  6. acetabulum, the cup of a flower

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeacētābulumacētābula
genitiveacētābulīacētābulōrum
dativeacētābulōacētābulīs
accusativeacētābulumacētābula
ablativeacētābulōacētābulīs
vocativeacētābulumacētābula

ăcētābŭlum, i, n. acetum, orig.,
I. a vessel for vinegar, Isid. 20 Orig. 4, 12; but in gen.,
I. Any cup-shaped vessel, Quint. 8, 6, 35; Vulg. Ex. 25, 29: acetabula argen tea, id. Num. 7, 84; as a liquid or dry measure, the fourth part of a hemina, Cato R. R. 102; Plin. 18, 7, 14; 21, 34, 109; and with jugglers, the cup or goblet with which they performed their feats, Sen. Ep. 45, 7.—
II. In anatomy, the socket of the hip-bone, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 179.—
III. In zoölogy, the suckers or cavities in the arms of polypi, Plin. 9, 29, 46; 30, 48.—
IV. In botany, the cup of flowers, id. 18, 26, 65, § 245.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*akēō
  4. Latinacētābulum

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin acēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin acētum Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Latin -bulum Latin acētābulum From acētum (“vinegar”) + -bulum (“a vessel for”).

Descendants
  • Catalanacetàbul
  • Englishacetabulum
  • Frenchacétabule
  • Frenchacétabulum
  • Italianacetabolo
  • Portugueseacetábulo
  • Romanianacetabul
  • Spanishacetábulo
  • Esperantoacetabulo
  • Russianацетабул

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesAcetabulumAcetabulum, Greek (ὀξίς, ὀξύβαφον, ὀξυβάφιον, ἐμβάφιον). A small shallow vessel, used originally, as the name denotes, for holding vinegar or sauces, …AntiquitiesAcetabulumAcetabulum a Roman measure of capacity, fluid, and dry, equivalent to the Greek ὀξύβαφον. It was one-fourth of the hemina; and therefore one-eighth of…

Quick answers

What does acētābulum mean in Latin?
acētābulum, a noun, means “acetabulum, a saucer for vinegar; saucer, any similarly sized and shaped dish; acetabulum, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 66 mL”.
What is the genitive of acētābulum?
The genitive singular is acētābulī. acētābulum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce acētābulum?
In classical Latin, [a.keːˈtaː.bʊ.ɫũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.t͡ʃeˈtaː.bu.lum].
Where does acētābulum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti → Proto-Italic *akēō → Latin acētābulum.