LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

lavātōrium

lavātōrium n (genitive lavātōriī or lavātōrī)

Meaning

  1. Late LatinMedieval LatinA washroom or -place, particularly a lavatorium.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelavātōriumlavātōria
genitivelavātōriī
lavātōrī		lavātōriōrum
dativelavātōriōlavātōriīs
accusativelavātōriumlavātōria
ablativelavātōriōlavātōriīs
vocativelavātōriumlavātōria

lăvātōrium, πλύσιμον, locus ad lavandum, Gloss. Philox.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lowō Latin lavō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin -tōrium Latin lavātōrium From lavō (“wash”) + -tōrium.

Borrowings
  • Catalanlavatori
  • Englishlavatorium
  • Englishlavatory
  • Frenchlavatoire
  • Portugueselavatório
  • Romanianlavator
  • Spanishlavatorio
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueselavadouro
  • Portugueselavadoiro
  • Spanishlavadero
  • Galicianlavadoiro
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanllavador
  • Occitanlavador
  • Aragoneselavador
  • Gasconlavaderfrom Occitan lavador
Italo-Romance
  • Italianlavatoio
  • Sicilianlavaturi
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchlavoir
Padanian
  • Lombardlaader
  • Piedmonteselavaor
  • Piedmonteselavòur
  • Piedmonteselavor
  • Piedmonteselaor
  • Piedmonteselaver

Quick answers

What does lavātōrium mean in Latin?
lavātōrium, a noun, means “A washroom or -place, particularly a lavatorium.”.
What is the genitive of lavātōrium?
The genitive singular is lavātōriī. lavātōrium is neuter, second declension.