ustrinum

English

Etymology

From Latin ustrinum.

Noun

ustrinum (plural ustrina)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) The site of a funeral pyre
    • 1858, John Kenrick, Roman Sepulcral Inscriptions: Their Relation to Archaeology, Language, and Religion:
      The Romans had, even in their smaller municipia, Boards of Health—such, at least, I take to be the meaning of Novemvir and Triumvir Valetudinarius; and it may seem extraordianry that they did not remove the ustrinum to a greater distance.

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Latin

Etymology

Nominalized neuter form of *ū̆strīnus, from ū̆stor (cremator, corpse-burner) + -īnus.

Noun

ū̆strīnum n (genitive ū̆strīnī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of ū̆strīna

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ū̆strīnum ū̆strīna
Genitive ū̆strīnī ū̆strīnōrum
Dative ū̆strīnō ū̆strīnīs
Accusative ū̆strīnum ū̆strīna
Ablative ū̆strīnō ū̆strīnīs
Vocative ū̆strīnum ū̆strīna

Descendants

  • English: ustrinum
  • Italian: ustrino

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