pessarium

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pessārium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛˈsaːriʏm/
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  • Hyphenation: pes‧sa‧ri‧um
  • Rhymes: -aːriʏm

Noun

pessarium n (plural pessaria or pessariums, diminutive pessariumpje n)

  1. pessary, diaphragm
    Synonym: vrouwenring

Latin

Etymology

From pessum.

Pronunciation

Noun

pessārium n (genitive pessāriī or pessārī); second declension

  1. A pessary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative pessārium pessāria
genitive pessāriī
pessārī1 		pessāriōrum
dative pessāriō pessāriīs
accusative pessārium pessāria
ablative pessāriō pessāriīs
vocative pessārium pessāria

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

References

  • “pessarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pessarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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