nosocomium

English

Etymology

Latin nosocomīum

Noun

nosocomium (plural nosocomia)

  1. (historical) An ancient hospital.

Latin
nosocomīum turcicum campestre

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, suffering”) +‎ κομέω (koméō, “to tend”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nosocomīum n (genitive nosocomīī); second declension (Late Latin– New Latin)

  1. hospital, infirmary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nosocomīum nosocomīa
Genitive nosocomīī nosocomīōrum
Dative nosocomīō nosocomīīs
Accusative nosocomīum nosocomīa
Ablative nosocomīō nosocomīīs
Vocative nosocomīum nosocomīa

Descendants
  • Catalan: nosocomi
  • Italian: nosocomio
  • Portuguese: nosocómio (Portugal), nosocômio (Brazil)
  • Spanish: nosocomio

References
  • “nosocomium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nosocomium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nosocomium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • nosocomium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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