subsellium

== English == === Etymology === Originates 1695–1705 from Latin subsellia (low seat or bench), from sub- (under) + sella (seat). === Noun === subsellium (plural subsellia) A projecting ledge on the stalls in a church where persons might lean whilst standing during prayers; misericord. === References === “subsellium”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. == Latin == === Etymology === sub- (under) + sella (seat). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊpˈsɛl.li.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [subˈsɛl.li.um] === Noun === subsellium n (genitive subselliī or subsellī); second declension a low seat or bench the bench (of a judge) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== → Ancient Greek: συψέλλιον (supséllion) → Classical Syriac: ܣܦܣܠܐ → Hebrew: סַפְסָל (safsal) === References === “subsellium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “subsellium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "subsellium", 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) “subsellium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “subsellium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “subsellium”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.