catascopium

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατασκόπιον (kataskópion).

Pronunciation

Noun

catascopium n (genitive catascopiī or catascopī); second declension

  1. A lookout ship

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative catascopium catascopia
Genitive catascopiī
catascopī1 		catascopiōrum
Dative catascopiō catascopiīs
Accusative catascopium catascopia
Ablative catascopiō catascopiīs
Vocative catascopium catascopia

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

References

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