lavabrum

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lawāðrom, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃- (“to wash, bathe”) +‎ *-dʰrom, equivalent to lavō (“to wash, bathe”) +‎ -brum.

Compare Gaulish lautron, Old Irish lóathar (< Proto-Celtic *lowatrom), Proto-Germanic *lauþrą, Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón) and Mycenaean Greek *𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫 (*-re-wo-to-ro /⁠*lewotron⁠/) (< Proto-Hellenic *lewotrón). Compare the Celtic-origin place-names Lavatrae and Laudradum.

Noun

lavābrum n (genitive lavābrī); second declension

  1. Archaic spelling of lābrum (“bathtub”).

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lavābrum lavābra
Genitive lavābrī lavābrōrum
Dative lavābrō lavābrīs
Accusative lavābrum lavābra
Ablative lavābrō lavābrīs
Vocative lavābrum lavābra

References

  • lavabrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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