baptisterium

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bap.tɪsˈteː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bap.tisˈtɛː.ri.um] === Noun === baptistērium n (genitive baptistēriī or baptistērī); second declension A place for bathing. (Ecclesiastical Latin) A baptistery or baptistry; a baptismal font. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “baptisterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "baptisterium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “baptisterium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “baptisterium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “baptisterium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin