"balneum" meaning in Latin

See balneum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈbaɫ.ne.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈbal.ne.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon), apparently borrowed early enough for unstressed reduction of the second /a/ to /ĭ/ and then syncope. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:βαλανεῖον<id:bath>|id=bath}}, {{bor|la|grc|βαλανεῖον}} Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon) Head templates: {{la-noun|((balneum<2>,balneae<1.pl>))}} balneum n (genitive balneī); variously declined, second declension, first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|((balneum<2.sg>,balneae<1.pl>))}}, {{la-ndecl|balneum<2>}} Forms: balneum [canonical, neuter], variously declined [canonical], balneī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], balneum [nominative, singular], balneae [nominative, plural], balneī [genitive, singular], balneārum [genitive, plural], balneō [dative, singular], balneīs [dative, plural], balneum [accusative, singular], balneās [accusative, plural], balneō [ablative, singular], balneīs [ablative, plural], balneum [singular, vocative], balneae [plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], balneum [nominative, singular], balnea [nominative, plural], balneī [genitive, singular], balneōrum [genitive, plural], balneō [dative, singular], balneīs [dative, plural], balneum [accusative, singular], balnea [accusative, plural], balneō [ablative, singular], balneīs [ablative, plural], balneum [singular, vocative], balnea [plural, vocative], balineum [alternative], balneus [alternative, nonstandard], baneum [alternative, nonstandard], balnea [alternative, nonstandard]
  1. bath, bathing place, bathroom Tags: declension-1, declension-2 Derived forms: balneārius, balneō

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "balneus",
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      "form": "baneum",
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          "parents": [],
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          "ref": ", Another Letter from Young M. Aurelius to Fronto, quoted in 1879 by Cruttwell and Banton (editors) in Specimens of Roman Literature: Passages Illustrative of Roman Thought and Style, section 188, page 599",
          "text": "[…] discus crepuit, id est pater meus in balneum transisse nuntiatus est.",
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        }
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          "bathing"
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        ]
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈbal.ne.um]",
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    }
  ],
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}
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    },
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    }
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        "plural"
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      "form": "balneō",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "balneum",
      "source": "declension",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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    {
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      ]
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "balnea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balneī",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "balneō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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    {
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        "plural",
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    },
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    {
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    {
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        "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
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        "Latin nouns with multiple declensions",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "ref": ", Another Letter from Young M. Aurelius to Fronto, quoted in 1879 by Cruttwell and Banton (editors) in Specimens of Roman Literature: Passages Illustrative of Roman Thought and Style, section 188, page 599",
          "text": "[…] discus crepuit, id est pater meus in balneum transisse nuntiatus est.",
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}

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