membrum
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmem.brum/, [ˈmɛmbrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmem.brum/, [ˈmɛmbrum]
Noun
[edit]membrum n (genitive membrī); second declension
- (anatomy) limb of the body; member.
- (euphemistic) the penis (membrum virīle)
- a portion, division
- apartment, room in a house
- member of the state
- (Late Latin, Christianity) member of the Body of Christ, member of the church
- (grammar) clause of a sentence
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | membrum | membra |
Genitive | membrī | membrōrum |
Dative | membrō | membrīs |
Accusative | membrum | membra |
Ablative | membrō | membrīs |
Vocative | membrum | membra |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “membrum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 693
Further reading
[edit]- “membrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “membrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- membrum 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)
- membrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed: omnibus membris captum esse
- to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed: omnibus membris captum esse
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