paedagogium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παιδαγωγεῖον (paidagōgeîon, “place where pedagogues waited for their boys; school”).

Pronunciation

Noun

paedagōgīum n (genitive paedagōgīī); second declension

  1. A training school for pageboys; the pages' hall.
  2. (in the plural) Pageboys in such an establishment.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative paedagōgīum paedagōgīa
Genitive paedagōgīī paedagōgīōrum
Dative paedagōgīō paedagōgīīs
Accusative paedagōgīum paedagōgīa
Ablative paedagōgīō paedagōgīīs
Vocative paedagōgīum paedagōgīa

Derived terms

References
  • “paedagogium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • paedagogium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • paedagogium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “paedagogium”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • paedagogium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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