praeputium
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See also: præputium
Latin
Etymology
From a combination of prae- (“before”) + Old Latin pūtos (“penis”), potentially from Proto-Indo-European *pew- (“to blow (up)”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈpuː.ti.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈput.t͡si.um/,
Noun
praepūtium n (genitive praepūtiī or praepūtī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | praepūtium | praepūtia |
| Genitive | praepūtiī praepūtī1 |
praepūtiōrum |
| Dative | praepūtiō | praepūtiīs |
| Accusative | praepūtium | praepūtia |
| Ablative | praepūtiō | praepūtiīs |
| Vocative | praepūtium | praepūtia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pu-t-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 848
- “praeputium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praeputium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praeputium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “prepuce”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.