gerontocomium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γεροντοκομεῖον (gerontokomeîon), from γέρων (gérōn, old man) + κομέω (koméō, to tend).

Noun

gerontocomīum n (genitive gerontocomīī); second declension (Byzantine Latin New Latin)

  1. hospital for the aged, rest home

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gerontocomīum gerontocomīa
Genitive gerontocomīī gerontocomīōrum
Dative gerontocomīō gerontocomīīs
Accusative gerontocomīum gerontocomīa
Ablative gerontocomīō gerontocomīīs
Vocative gerontocomīum gerontocomīa

Descendants

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