nosocomium

Etymology

From Latin nosocomīum.

Noun

nosocomium (plural nosocomia)

1. (historical) An ancient hospital.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, suffering”) +‎ κομέω (koméō, “to tend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /no.so.koˈmiː.um/, [nɔs̠ɔkɔˈmiːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.so.koˈmi.um/, [nos̬okoˈmiːum]

Noun

nosocomīum n (genitive nosocomīī); second declension (Late Latin– New Latin)

1. hospital, infirmary

References

• “nosocomium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nosocomium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nosocomium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• nosocomium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016