propatulum

Latin

Etymology

From the substantivization of the nominative neuter singular of the adjective prōpatulus (“open, in front, uncovered”).

Noun

prōpatulum n (genitive prōpatulī); second declension

1. an open or uncovered place

   in prōpatulō ― in the open air; publicly; (by extension) for sale

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	prōpatulum	prōpatula
genitive	prōpatulī	prōpatulōrum
dative	prōpatulō	prōpatulīs
accusative	prōpatulum	prōpatula
ablative	prōpatulō	prōpatulīs
vocative	prōpatulum	prōpatula

Derived terms

• prōpatulō

Adjective

prōpatulum

1. inflection of prōpatulus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “propatulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "propatulum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)