cauterium

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion), derived from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈteː.ri.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈte.ri.um/,

Noun

cautērium n (genitive cautēriī or cautērī); second declension

(Late Latin) A branding iron.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cautērium	cautēria
Genitive	cautēriī cautērī¹	cautēriōrum
Dative	cautēriō	cautēriīs
Accusative	cautērium	cautēria
Ablative	cautēriō	cautēriīs
Vocative	cautērium	cautēria

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

Descendants

→ Old Saxon: kanteri
→ Catalan: cauteri
→ Galician: cauterio
→ Italian: cauterio
→ Portuguese: cautério
→ Spanish: cauterio

References

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

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