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horologium

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English

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Etymology

From Latin horologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). In reference to Eastern Orthodoxy, via its Byzantine Greek development. See menologium. Doublet of horologe.

Pronunciation

Noun

horologium (plural horologiums or horologia)

  1. (archaic or historical) Synonym of chronometer or clock, a timekeeping device.
  2. (uncommon) Synonym of astronomical clock.
  3. (Christianity) Synonym of horologion, the book of hours in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.
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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-?
    Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥
    Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra)
    Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
    Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)
    Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
    Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)?
    Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)
    Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion)bor.
    Latin horologium

    From Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). See mēnologium.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    hōrologium n (genitive hōrologiī or hōrologī); second declension

    1. device used to measure the time of day, particularly
      1. sundial
      2. water clock
      3. (New Latin) clock, watch

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    More information singular, plural ...

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

    Descendants

    References

    • “horologium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “horologium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "horologium", 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)
    • “horologium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • “horologium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • horologium in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
    • “horologium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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