hypocaustus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπόκαυστος (hupókaustos, “heated by a hypocaust”). By surface analysis, hypo- + caustus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hy.pɔˈkau̯s.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.poˈkau̯s.t̪us]
Adjective
hypocaustus (feminine hypocausta, neuter hypocaustum); first/second-declension adjective
- for sweating, especially rooms and baths
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hypocaustus | hypocausta | hypocaustum | hypocaustī | hypocaustae | hypocausta | |
| genitive | hypocaustī | hypocaustae | hypocaustī | hypocaustōrum | hypocaustārum | hypocaustōrum | |
| dative | hypocaustō | hypocaustae | hypocaustō | hypocaustīs | |||
| accusative | hypocaustum | hypocaustam | hypocaustum | hypocaustōs | hypocaustās | hypocausta | |
| ablative | hypocaustō | hypocaustā | hypocaustō | hypocaustīs | |||
| vocative | hypocauste | hypocausta | hypocaustum | hypocaustī | hypocaustae | hypocausta | |