noun · neutersecond declension
dēlūbrum
dēlūbrum n (genitive dēlūbrī)
Classical[deːˈɫuː.brũː]Ecclesiastical[deˈluː.brum]
Meaning
- a temple, shrine
Near-synonyms: sacellum, templum, fānum, āra
deorum templa atque delubra
temples and shrines of the gods63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 4.18.12
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
templum, domus deīdēlūbrum -ī (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 2, 16
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Templum · Fanum · Delubrum · Ædes · Sacellum
1. Templum, fanum, and delubrum, denote properly the temple, together with the consecrated environs, like ἱερόν; whereas ædes, the building only, like ναός; lastly, sacellum, a consecrated place without the building, with merely an altar. 2. In a narrower sense, templum denotes a great temple of one of the principal gods; whereas fanum and delubrum, a smaller temple of an inferior god, or of a hero, etc.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēlūbrum | dēlūbra |
| genitive | dēlūbrī | dēlūbrōrum |
| dative | dēlūbrō | dēlūbrīs |
| accusative | dēlūbrum | dēlūbra |
| ablative | dēlūbrō | dēlūbrīs |
| vocative | dēlūbrum | dēlūbra |
dēlūbrum, i, n. de-luo, the place of expiation,
I. a temple, shrine, sanctuary (class., esp. freq. in poets and in elevated prose; usually in the plur.; for syn. cf.: templum, aedes, fanum, cella, sacellum, sacrarium).
(a). Plur.:
CONSTRVCTA A PATRIBVS DELVBRA IN VRBIBVS HABENTO, etc., Cic. Leg. 2, 8: est mihi tecum pro aris et focis certamen et pro deorum templis atque delubris, id. N. D. 3, 40; cf. coupled with fana, id. Rab. perd. 10 fin.: ante deum delubra, Lucr. 2, 352; 5, 309; 1165; Verg. G. 3, 23; id. A. 2, 225; 248; Hor. Od. 3, 5, 19; id. S. 1, 6, 35 et saep.; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1 fin.: Cic. Verr. 1, 5, 14; id. Arch. 11, 27; id. Rep. 1, 26; Sall. C. 11, 6; Plin. Pan. 3 fin.: idolorum, Vulg. Isa. 65, 4 al.—(b). Sing.:
noctu audita ex delubro vox est, etc., Liv. 29, 18: so coupled with templa, id. 30, 20: Smyrnaei delubrum ejus (sc. Homeri) in oppido dedicaverunt, Cic. Arch. 8 fin.; so Quirini, id. Rep. 2, 10 fin.: ex alto delubri culmine, Verg. A. 2, 410: Martis, Suet. Vit. 8.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dēlūbrum ī, n
de + 3 LV-, a place of cleansing, temple, shrine, sanctuary : audita ex delubro vox, L.: delubrum eius in oppido dedicaverunt: ex alto delubri culmine, V.: deorum delubra.
Origins
From dēlu(ō) (“to cleanse”) + -brum, from de- + lavō (“to wash”).
Descendants
- Italiandelubro
- Portuguesedelubro
In English words that came into English from dēlūbrum
- delubrumdēlūbrum