logeum

See also: löge um

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λογεῖον (logeîon, “stage, platform”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /loˈɡeː.um/, [ɫ̪ɔˈɡeːʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈd͡ʒe.um/, [loˈd͡ʒɛːum]

Noun

logēum n (genitive logēī); second declension

the part of the stage on which the actors spoke
- c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 5.8.2
archives
- 62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 5.20.6

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	logēum	logēa
Genitive	logēī	logēōrum
Dative	logēō	logēīs
Accusative	logēum	logēa
Ablative	logēō	logēīs
Vocative	logēum	logēa

Synonyms

pulpitum

Descendants

Italian: leggio

References

“logeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“logeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
logeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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