sessorium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sesˈsoː.ri.um/, [sɛsˈsoː.ri.ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sesˈso.ri.um/, [sɛsˈsɔː.ri.um]

Noun

sessōrium n (genitive sessōriī or sessōrī); second declension

  1. seat
  2. stool, chair
  3. place of residence, a dwelling, a habitation
  4. (New Latin) living room (a place to sit)
    • 2003, J. K. Rowling (Translation by Peter Needham), Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, page 5:
      in sessorium iit eo tempore quo nuntius novissimus commentariorum vespertinorum emittebatur.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sessōrium sessōria
Genitive sessōriī
sessōrī1		 sessōriōrum
Dative sessōriō sessōriīs
Accusative sessōrium sessōria
Ablative sessōriō sessōriīs
Vocative sessōrium sessōria

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

References
  • sessorium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sessorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sessorium in du Cange, et al., Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, éd. augm., Niort : L. Favre, 1883‑1887.
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