hypocaustus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hypocaustos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπόκαυστος (hupókaustos, “heated by a hypocaust”). By surface analysis, hypo- +‎ caustus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hy.pɔˈkau̯s.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.poˈkau̯s.tus]

Adjective

hypocaustus (feminine hypocausta, neuter hypocaustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. for sweating, especially rooms and baths

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hypocaustus	hypocausta	hypocaustum		hypocaustī	hypocaustae	hypocausta
genitive	hypocaustī	hypocaustae	hypocaustī		hypocaustōrum	hypocaustārum	hypocaustōrum
dative	hypocaustō	hypocaustae	hypocaustō		hypocaustīs
accusative	hypocaustum	hypocaustam	hypocaustum		hypocaustōs	hypocaustās	hypocausta
ablative	hypocaustō	hypocaustā	hypocaustō		hypocaustīs
vocative	hypocauste	hypocausta	hypocaustum		hypocaustī	hypocaustae	hypocausta

Related terms

• hypocaustum