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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ναρθήκιον (narthḗkion), diminutive of νάρθηξ (nárthēx, “giant fennel; casket for ointments”).
Pronunciation
Noun
narthēcium n (genitive narthēciī or narthēcī); second declension
- ointment box, medicine chest
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “narthecium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “narthecium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- narthecium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.