cenaculum

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cēnō (I dine) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

Noun

cēnāculum n (genitive cēnāculī); second declension

  1. a dining room, a cenacle
  2. an attic, a garret
  3. a room of a house

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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Descendants

  • Aromanian: cinache
  • Old French: cénacle
  • Portuguese: cenáculo (learned)
  • Spanish: cenáculo

References

  • cenaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cenaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cenaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cenaculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cenaculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin