zootrophion

== Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ζῳοτροφεῖον (zōiotropheîon), from ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + τροφεῖον (tropheîon, “cage”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [zoː.ɔ.trɔˈpʰiː.ɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡zo.o.troˈfiː.on] === Noun === zōotrophīon n (genitive zōotrophīī); second declension (New Latin) menagerie June 1694, Georg Franck von Franckenau, personal letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: 1732, Commercium Literarium ad Rei Medicae et Scientiae Naturalis Incrimentem Instituti, Week 2, public item VI: ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). ==== Derived terms ==== Zootrophion