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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /no.so.koˈmiː.um/, [nɔs̠ɔkɔˈmiːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.so.koˈmi.um/, [nos̬okoˈmiːum]

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016