astrolabium

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos), either via Byzantine Greek ἀστρολάβιον (astrolábion) or from addition in Latin of the ending -ium.

Noun

astrolabium n (genitive astrolabiī or astrolabī); second declension

  1. astrolabe

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin astrolabium, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.trɔˈla.bjum/
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  • Rhymes: -abjum
  • Syllabification: as‧tro‧la‧bium

Noun

astrolabium n

  1. astrolabe

Declension

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