coemeterium

See also: cœmeterium

Latin

Etymology

    From Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “to put to sleep”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    coemētērium n (genitive coemētēriī or coemētērī); second declension

    1. cemetery, churchyard, burial ground
      Synonym: sepulcrētum

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative coemētērium coemētēria
    genitive coemētēriī
    coemētērī1     		coemētēriōrum
    dative coemētēriō coemētēriīs
    accusative coemētērium coemētēria
    ablative coemētēriō coemētēriīs
    vocative coemētērium coemētēria

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Synonyms

    • cimitērium

    Derived terms

    • cimitērium
    • coemēsis

    Descendants

    Descendants

    References

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