lotium

Latin

Etymology

lavō (wash) + -ium.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈloː.ti.um/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlot.t͡si.um/, [ˈlɔt̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

lōtium n (genitive lōtiī or lōtī); second declension

  1. urine, piss
    • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:
      Ad haec ille surrīdēns ‘At tū’ inquit ‘nōn sanguine sed lōtiō perfūsus es!’
      Hearing this, he grinned and said, "But you didn't soak in blood, you soaked in piss!"

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lōtium lōtia
Genitive lōtiī
lōtī1
lōtiōrum
Dative lōtiō lōtiīs
Accusative lōtium lōtia
Ablative lōtiō lōtiīs
Vocative lōtium lōtia

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

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