paedagogium

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pae̯.da.ɡoːˈɡiː.um/, [päe̯d̪äɡoːˈɡiːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.da.ɡoˈd͡ʒi.um/, [ped̪äɡoˈd͡ʒiːum]

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).

	singular	plural
nominative	paedagōgīum	paedagōgīa
genitive	paedagōgīī	paedagōgīōrum
dative	paedagōgīō	paedagōgīīs
accusative	paedagōgīum	paedagōgīa
ablative	paedagōgīō	paedagōgīīs
vocative	paedagōgīum	paedagōgīa

Derived terms

• paedagōgiānus

Related terms

• paedagōga
• paedagōgātus
• paedagōgō
• paedagōgus

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016