noun · neutersecond declension
epithalamium
epithalamium n (genitive epithalamiī or epithalamī)
Classical[ɛ.pɪ.tʰaˈɫa.mi.ũː]Ecclesiastical[e.pi.taˈlaː.mi.um]
Meaning
- neuterepithalamium
Catullus in epithalamio: dum innupta manet, dum cara suis est
Catullus [writes] in his epithalamium: While she remains unwed and so long as she remains dear to her own.c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilianus, The Orator's Education 9.3.16
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | epithalamium | epithalamia |
| genitive | epithalamiī epithalamī | epithalamiōrum |
| dative | epithalamiō | epithalamiīs |
| accusative | epithalamium | epithalamia |
| ablative | epithalamiō | epithalamiīs |
| vocative | epithalamium | epithalamia |
ĕpĭthălămĭum, ii, n., = ἐπιθαλάμιον,
I. a nuptial song, epithalamium, Treb. Poll. Gallien. 11. Quintilian calls the wellknown Carmen nuptiale of Catullus (62) Epithalamium, Quint. 9, 3, 16.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios) Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Hellenic *-on Ancient Greek -ον (-on) Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion)bor. Latin epithalamium From Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion), neuter form of Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner chamber, wedding chamber”).
Descendants
- Englishepithalamium
- Frenchépithalame
- GermanEpithalamium
- Italianepitalamio
- Portugueseepitalâmio
- Romanianepitalam
- Spanishepitalamio
- Basqueepitalamio
- Dutchepithalamium
- Galicianepitalamio
In English words that came into English from epithalamium
- epithalamiumepithalamium