lavabrum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lawāðrom, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃- (“to wash, bathe”) +‎ *-dʰrom, equivalent to lavō (“to wash, bathe”) +‎ -brum.

Compare Gaulish lautron, Old Irish loathar (< Proto-Celtic *lowatrom), Proto-Germanic *lauþrą, Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón) and Mycenaean Greek *𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫 (*re-wo-to-ro /⁠*lewotron⁠/) (< Proto-Hellenic *lewotrón). Compare the Celtic-origin place-names Lavatrae and Laudradum.

Noun

lavābrum n (genitive lavābrī); second declension

1. archaic spelling of lābrum (“bathtub”)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	lavābrum	lavābra
genitive	lavābrī	lavābrōrum
dative	lavābrō	lavābrīs
accusative	lavābrum	lavābra
ablative	lavābrō	lavābrīs
vocative	lavābrum	lavābra

References

• “lavabrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.