praeputium

== Latin == === Etymology === From prae- (“before”) +‎ an obscure second element. Walde-Hoffmann 1954 and Pokorny 1959 reconstruct an Old Latin *pūtos (“penis”), potentially from Proto-Indo-European *pew- (“to blow (up)”). De Vaan compares pustula. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈpuː.ti.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈput.t͡si.um] === Noun === praepūtium n (genitive praepūtiī or praepūtī); second declension (anatomy) Prepuce, foreskin. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “praeputium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praeputium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “praeputium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “prepuce”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.