Mausoleum

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See also: mausoleum

German

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mausōlēum (“mausoleum”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mausoleum n (strong, genitive Mausoleums, plural Mausoleen)

  1. mausoleum

Declension

Declension of Mausoleum
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Mausoleum die Mausoleen
genitive eines des Mausoleums der Mausoleen
dative einem dem Mausoleum den Mausoleen
accusative ein das Mausoleum die Mausoleen

Descendants

  • → Russian: мавзолей (mavzolej)

Further reading

Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon), named after Mausolus (?–395 BCE).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mausōlēum n sg (genitive Mausōlēī); second declension

  1. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

singular
nominative Mausōlēum
genitive Mausōlēī
dative Mausōlēō
accusative Mausōlēum
ablative Mausōlēō
vocative Mausōlēum

Noun

Mausōlēum n sg (genitive Mausōlēī); second declension

  1. a mausoleum
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 5.64:
      Tam vicina iubent nos vivere Mausolea, cum doceant, ipsos posse perire deos.
      The mausoleums, close at hand, bid us live, for they teach us that even gods can die.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative Mausōlēum Mausōlēa
genitive Mausōlēī Mausōlēōrum
dative Mausōlēō Mausōlēīs
accusative Mausōlēum Mausōlēa
ablative Mausōlēō Mausōlēīs
vocative Mausōlēum Mausōlēa

References

  • “Mausōlēum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Mausōlēum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 956.
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