epistomium

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Latin

Etymology

From epistomis (“ἐπιστομίς, twitch”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

Noun

epistomium n (genitive epistomiī or epistomī); second declension

  1. a plug or instrument by which an aperture could be opened or closed
  2. a cock or faucet of a water pipe.
  3. a vent
  4. (music) an organ register

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative epistomium epistomia
genitive epistomiī
epistomī1 		epistomiōrum
dative epistomiō epistomiīs
accusative epistomium epistomia
ablative epistomiō epistomiīs
vocative epistomium epistomia

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

Synonyms

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