"pulpitum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈpʊɫ.pɪ.tũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈpul.pi.tum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Of obscure origin, but said to be an Ancient Greek borrowing. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, possibly a back-formation from plural pulpita, perhaps (via Etruscan *pulputa or *pulpta), from Ancient Greek πολύποδα (polúpoda), neuter plural of πολύπους (polúpous, “trodden by many feet, having many feet”). Etymology templates: {{unk|la|title=obscure}} obscure, {{der|la|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{bor|la|ett|-}} Etruscan, {{der|la|grc|πολύποδα}} Ancient Greek πολύποδα (polúpoda) Head templates: {{la-noun|pulpitum<2>}} pulpitum n (genitive pulpitī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pulpitum<2>}} Forms: pulpitī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pulpitum [nominative, singular], pulpita [nominative, plural], pulpitī [genitive, singular], pulpitōrum [genitive, plural], pulpitō [dative, singular], pulpitīs [dative, plural], pulpitum [accusative, singular], pulpita [accusative, plural], pulpitō [ablative, singular], pulpitīs [ablative, plural], pulpitum [singular, vocative], pulpita [plural, vocative]
  1. platform, scaffold, or pulpit for public presentations or lectures Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-pulpitum-la-noun-fXJ~6Ify Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50
  2. stage (for actors) Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-pulpitum-la-noun-Y5tr7lZc Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Theater Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Theater: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pulpitō

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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        {
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            {
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                {
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                  "lang_code": "hy",
                  "raw_tags": [
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                  ],
                  "roman": "pult",
                  "word": "պուլտ"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Georgian",
                  "lang_code": "ka",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "roman": "ṗulṭi",
                  "word": "პულტი"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Russian",
              "lang_code": "ru",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
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              "word": "пульт"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "púlʹt",
              "word": "пу́льт"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "Pult"
        },
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            }
          ],
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "pulpet"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "pulpet"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pult"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "pùlpit"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pulpit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "púlpito"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "púlpito"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "πολύποδα",
      "πολύποδα#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
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      "πολύπους",
      "πολύπους#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
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        "title": "obscure"
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      "name": "unk"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of obscure origin, but said to be an Ancient Greek borrowing. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, possibly a back-formation from plural pulpita, perhaps (via Etruscan *pulputa or *pulpta), from Ancient Greek πολύποδα (polúpoda), neuter plural of πολύπους (polúpous, “trodden by many feet, having many feet”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pulpitī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulpitī",
          "pulpiti"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpitum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpitī",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulpitī",
          "pulpiti#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpitōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulpitōrum",
          "pulpitorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpitō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulpitō",
          "pulpito#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpitīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulpitīs",
          "pulpitis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpitum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpitō",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulpitō",
          "pulpito#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpitīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "pulpitīs",
          "pulpitis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpitum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulpita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "pulpitum<2>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pulpitum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pulpitō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "platform, scaffold, or pulpit for public presentations or lectures"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "platform",
          "platform"
        ],
        [
          "scaffold",
          "scaffold"
        ],
        [
          "pulpit",
          "pulpit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stage (for actors)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stage",
          "stage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpʊɫ.pɪ.tũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpul.pi.tum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pulpitum"
}

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