LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

habitāculum

habitāculum n (genitive habitāculī)

Meaning

  1. Late Latindwelling, habitation
  2. Late Latinresidence, home

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehabitāculumhabitācula
genitivehabitāculīhabitāculōrum
dativehabitāculōhabitāculīs
accusativehabitāculumhabitācula
ablativehabitāculōhabitāculīs
vocativehabitāculumhabitācula

hăbĭtācŭlum, i, n. id.,
I. a dwellingplace, habitation (post-class.).
I. Lit.: leonis, Gell. 5, 14, 21: avium, Pall. 1, 23.—
II. Transf., of the body, as the dwellingplace of the soul, Prud. Cath. 10, 39.

Origins

From habitō (“to reside, inhabit”) + -culum.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanhabitacle
  • Frenchhabitacle
  • Englishhabitaclefrom French habitacle
  • Frenchbitaclefrom French habitacle
  • Catalanbitàcolafrom French habitacle
  • Catalanbitàcorafrom French habitacle
  • Spanishbitáculafrom French habitacle
  • Spanishbitácorafrom French habitacle
  • Italianabitacolo
Padanian
  • Romagnolabitàcol

In English words that came into English from habitāculum

  • binnaclehabitāculum
  • habitaclehabitāculum

Quick answers

What does habitāculum mean in Latin?
habitāculum, a noun, means “dwelling, habitation; residence, home”.
What is the genitive of habitāculum?
The genitive singular is habitāculī. habitāculum is neuter, second declension.