noun · neutersecond declension
pulpitum
pulpitum n (genitive pulpitī)
Classical[ˈpʊɫ.pɪ.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpul.pi.tum]
Meaning
- neuterplatform, scaffold, or pulpit for public presentations or lectures
- neuterstage (for actors)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pulpitum | pulpita |
| genitive | pulpitī | pulpitōrum |
| dative | pulpitō | pulpitīs |
| accusative | pulpitum | pulpita |
| ablative | pulpitō | pulpitīs |
| vocative | pulpitum | pulpita |
pulpĭtum, i, n. in sing. and plur.,
I. a staging made of boards, a scaffold, platform, pulpit, for public representations, lectures, disputations; and esp. as a stage for actors, Suet. Ner. 13; id. Gram. 4 fin.; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 40:
percurrit pulpita socco, id. ib. 2, 1, 174; id. A. P. 215: modicis instravit pulpita tignis, id. ib. 279; Prop. 4, 1, 15 (5, 1, 16): longa per angustos figamus pulpita vicos, Juv. 6, 78; 3, 174: vati, quem pulpita pascunt, id. 7, 93; 14, 256: ludibria scaenā et pulpito digna, Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 4 al.Origins
Of obscure origin, but said to be an Ancient Greek borrowing. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, possibly a back-formation from plural pulpita, perhaps (via Etruscan *pulputa or *pulpta), from Ancient Greek πολύποδα (polúpoda), neuter plural of πολύπους (polúpous, “trodden by many feet, having many feet”).
Descendants
- Catalanpúlpit
- Englishpulpitum
- Frenchpupitre
- Spanishpupitrefrom French pupitre
- Catalanpupitrefrom French pupitre
- Italianpulpito
- Englishpulpitfrom Middle English pulpit
- GermanPultfrom Middle High German pulpet
- Portuguesepúlpito
- Romanianpulpitum
In English words that came into English from pulpitum
- pulpitpulpitum
- pulpitumpulpitum