LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

cēnāculum

cēnāculum n (genitive cēnāculī)
Classical[keːˈnaː.kʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃeˈnaː.ku.lum]

Meaning

  1. archaicdialectala dining room, a cenacle
    ubi cēnābant cēnāculum vocitābant, ut etiam nunc Lānuvī apud aedem Iūnōnis et in cēterō Latiō ac Falerī<i>s et Cordubae dīcunturThey used to call the room where they dined a cenaculum, as it is still called even now at Lanuvium in the temple of Juno and in the rest of Latium and at Falerii and at Corduba116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.162
  2. the second storey of a 2-storey building; an attic, a garret (as usually housing the dining-room)
  3. a storey or floor of a multi-storey building
  4. figurativelyan upper place (also used of the Christian Heaven)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecēnāculumcēnācula
caenācula, coenācula
genitivecēnāculī
caenāculī, coenāculī		cēnāculōrum
caenāculōrum, coenāculōrum
dativecēnāculō
caenāculō, coenāculō		cēnāculīs
caenāculīs, coenāculīs
accusativecēnāculumcēnācula
caenācula, coenācula
ablativecēnāculō
caenāculō, coenāculō		cēnāculīs
caenāculīs, coenāculīs
vocativecēnāculumcēnācula
caenācula, coenācula

cēnācŭlum (caen- and coen-), i, n. cena, orig.,
I. a dining-room, usu. in an upper story; hence, an upper story, an upper room, a garret, attic (later, the dwelling of the poorer class of people): ubi cubabant cubiculum, ubi cenabant cenaculum vocitabant. Posteaquam in superiore parte cenitare coeperunt, superioris domūs universa cenacula dicta, Varr. L. L. 5, § 162 Müll.: cenacula dicuntur, ad quae scalis ascenditur (the Gr. ὑπερὧον), Paul. ex Fest. p. 54, 6 ib.; cf. Liv 39, 14; Cic. Agr 2, 35, 96; Vitr. 2, 8, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 64; Suet. Aug. 45; 78; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 91; Juv. 10, 18; Suet. Vit. 7; Dig. 7, 1, 13, § 8; 8, 2, 41 pr.; 9, 3, 5, § 9; Inscr. Orell. 4323 sq.—
II. Transf, like ὑπερὧον: maxima caeli, Enn. ap. Tert. adv. Val. 7 (Ann. v. 61 Vahl.); cf. in Plaut. humorously of the abode of Jupiter: in superiore qui habito cenaculo, Plaut Am. 3, 1, 3.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker(t)s-neh₂ Proto-Italic *kertsnā Old Latin cesna Latin cēna Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cēnō Latin -culum Latin cēnāculum From cēnō (“to dine”) + -culum.

Descendants
  • Englishcenaclefrom Old French cénacle
  • Frenchcénaclefrom Old French cénacle
  • Portuguesecenáculo
  • Spanishcenáculo
  • Aromaniancinache
  • Picardchenaille

In English words that came into English from cēnāculum

  • cenaclecēnāculum

Quick answers

What does cēnāculum mean in Latin?
cēnāculum, a noun, means “a dining room, a cenacle; the second storey of a 2-storey building; an attic, a garret (as usually housing the dining-room)”.
What is the genitive of cēnāculum?
The genitive singular is cēnāculī. cēnāculum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce cēnāculum?
In classical Latin, [keːˈnaː.kʊ.ɫũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃeˈnaː.ku.lum].