transtrum

Latin

Etymology

From trāns +‎ -trum (“instrumental suffix”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtran.strum/, [ˈt̪rä̃ːs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtran.strum/, [ˈt̪ränst̪rum]

Noun

trānstrum n (genitive trānstrī); second declension

  1. crossbeam, transom
  2. thwart of a vessel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trānstrum trānstra
Genitive trānstrī trānstrōrum
Dative trānstrō trānstrīs
Accusative trānstrum trānstra
Ablative trānstrō trānstrīs
Vocative trānstrum trānstra

Derived terms
  • trānstillum

Descendants

References
  • “transtrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “transtrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • transtrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “transtrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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