marsupium

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, pouch), perhaps of Oriental origin.

Noun

marsupium (plural marsupiums or marsupia)

  1. The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.
  2. A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.

Translations

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marsūpium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrsupium/,
  • Rhymes: -ium
  • Hyphenation(key): mar‧su‧pi‧um

Noun

marsupium

  1. (zoology) marsupium

Declension

Inflection of marsupium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative marsupium marsupiumit
genitive marsupiumin marsupiumien
partitive marsupiumia marsupiumeja
illative marsupiumiin marsupiumeihin
singular plural
nominative marsupium marsupiumit
accusative nom. marsupium marsupiumit
gen. marsupiumin
genitive marsupiumin marsupiumien
partitive marsupiumia marsupiumeja
inessive marsupiumissa marsupiumeissa
elative marsupiumista marsupiumeista
illative marsupiumiin marsupiumeihin
adessive marsupiumilla marsupiumeilla
ablative marsupiumilta marsupiumeilta
allative marsupiumille marsupiumeille
essive marsupiumina marsupiumeina
translative marsupiumiksi marsupiumeiksi
abessive marsupiumitta marsupiumeitta
instructive marsupiumein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of marsupium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, pouch).

Pronunciation

Noun

marsūpium n (genitive marsūpiī or marsūpī); second declension

  1. pouch, purse
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.1.14:
      sortem mitte nōbīscum, marsūpium ūnum sit omnium nostrum
      Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative marsūpium marsūpia
genitive marsūpiī
marsūpī1
marsūpiōrum
dative marsūpiō marsūpiīs
accusative marsūpium marsūpia
ablative marsūpiō marsūpiīs
vocative marsūpium marsūpia

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

Descendants

  • English: marsupium (learned)
  • Italian: marsupio (learned)
  • Portuguese: marsúpio (learned)
  • Spanish: marsupio (learned)

References

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