marsupium
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”), perhaps of Oriental origin.
Noun
editmarsupium (plural marsupiums or marsupia)
- The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.
- A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.
Related terms
editTranslations
editpouch of a marsupial
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Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin marsūpium.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmarsupium
Declension
editInflection of marsupium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | marsupium | marsupiumit | |
genitive | marsupiumin | marsupiumien | |
partitive | marsupiumia | marsupiumeja | |
illative | marsupiumiin | marsupiumeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | marsupium | marsupiumit | |
accusative | nom. | marsupium | marsupiumit |
gen. | marsupiumin | ||
genitive | marsupiumin | marsupiumien | |
partitive | marsupiumia | marsupiumeja | |
inessive | marsupiumissa | marsupiumeissa | |
elative | marsupiumista | marsupiumeista | |
illative | marsupiumiin | marsupiumeihin | |
adessive | marsupiumilla | marsupiumeilla | |
ablative | marsupiumilta | marsupiumeilta | |
allative | marsupiumille | marsupiumeille | |
essive | marsupiumina | marsupiumeina | |
translative | marsupiumiksi | marsupiumeiksi | |
abessive | marsupiumitta | marsupiumeitta | |
instructive | — | marsupiumein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /marˈsuː.pi.um/, [märˈs̠uːpiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /marˈsu.pi.um/, [märˈsuːpium]
Noun
editmarsūpium n (genitive marsūpiī or marsūpī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | marsūpium | marsūpia |
genitive | marsūpiī marsūpī1 |
marsūpiōrum |
dative | marsūpiō | marsūpiīs |
accusative | marsūpium | marsūpia |
ablative | marsūpiō | marsūpiīs |
vocative | marsūpium | marsūpia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- → English: marsupium (learned)
- → Italian: marsupio (learned)
- → Portuguese: marsúpio (learned)
- → Spanish: marsupio (learned)
References
edit- “marsupium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- marsupium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “marsupium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “marsupium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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