thermopolium

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English

A thermopolium in Ostia

Etymology

From Latin thermopōlium.

Noun

thermopolium (plural thermopolia)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A place where food and hot drinks were sold.
    • 2020 December 26, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Snail, Fish and Sheep Soup, Anyone? Savory New Finds at Pompeii”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      About 80 thermopolia have been found at Pompeii, where residents could choose their edibles from containers set into street-front counters.

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French

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Un thermopolium à Herculanum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thermopolium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛʁ.mɔ.pɔ.ljɔm/

Noun

thermopolium m (plural thermopolia or thermopoliums)

  1. (historical) thermopolium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θερμοπώλιον (thermopṓlion).

Pronunciation

Noun

thermopōlium n (genitive thermopōliī or thermopōlī); second declension

  1. thermopolium (place where food and hot drinks were sold)
  2. (Contemporary Latin) a restaurant, café

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative thermopōlium thermopōlia
genitive thermopōliī
thermopōlī1 		thermopōliōrum
dative thermopōliō thermopōliīs
accusative thermopōlium thermopōlia
ablative thermopōliō thermopōliīs
vocative thermopōlium thermopōlia

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

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