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English
Etymology
From Latin dēlūbrum.
Noun
delubrum (plural delubra)
- A temple or shrine.
- A sanctuary.
- A church with a font.
Latin
Etymology
From dēlu(ō) (“to cleanse”) + -brum, from de- + lavō (“I wash”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dēlūbrum n (genitive dēlūbrī); second declension
- a temple, shrine
- Synonyms: sacellum, templum, fānum, āra
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
References
- “delubrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “delubrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- delubrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- delubrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “delubrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “delubrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin