latrina

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See also: latrína

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lātrīna.

Noun

latrina f (plural latrine)

  1. lavatory (public)
  2. latrine, bog, shitter
  3. outhouse

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Monophthongization of lavātrīna (“place to bathe”), compare contracted forms from the same root lautus and lōtus. From lavō (“wash, bathe”) and the suffix -trīna (alternative form of -īna, forming nouns describing places). Compare tōnstrīna (“barbershop”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lātrīna f (genitive lātrīnae); first declension

  1. (originally) bath
  2. lavatory, water closet, toilet, privy

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lātrīna lātrīnae
genitive lātrīnae lātrīnārum
dative lātrīnae lātrīnīs
accusative lātrīnam lātrīnās
ablative lātrīnā lātrīnīs
vocative lātrīna lātrīnae

Descendants

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lātrīna.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: la‧tri‧na

Noun

latrina f (plural latrinas)

  1. latrine (simple toilet facility)

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