computatorium
Latin
Etymology
From computō (“to reckon”) + -tōrium (locational or instrumental substantivization), neuter of -tōrius. In the medieval attestations, likely a mechanical rendering of the early Romance equivalent of modern French comptoir into proper Latin; in the New Latin sense, translates English computer.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.pu.taːˈtoː.ri.um/, [kɔmpʊt̪äːˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.pu.taˈto.ri.um/, [komput̪äˈt̪ɔːrium]
Noun
computātōrium n (genitive computātōriī or computātōrī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) counter, compter (various inanimate senses)
- (New Latin) computer (reckoning device)
- Synonyms: (New Latin) computātrum, ōrdinātrum, ōrdinātōrium
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- computatorium 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)
- computatorius, computatorium - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
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