hypogaeum

hypogaeum (plural hypogaeums or hypogaea)

1. Alternative form of hypogeum

Internationalism (see English hypogeum), ultimately from Latin hypogaeum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhypoɡeum/,
• Rhymes: -eum

hypogaeum (rare)

1. hypogeum, hypogee (underground room).

• holvi
• hautaholvi
• kellari
• krypta

From Ancient Greek ὑπόγειον (hupógeion), substantivized neuter form of ὑπόγειος (hupógeios, “underground”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hy.poˈɡae̯.um/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.poˈd͡ʒe.um/,

hypogaeum n (genitive hypogaeī); second declension

1. crypt, vault

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• hypogaeus

• Italian: ipogeo

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