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Sudarium
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Su-da′ri-um
,Noun.
[L., a handkerchief.]
(Eccl.)
The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion.
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sudarium
sudarium
Latin
Etymology
From sūdor (“sweat”) + -ārium (of purpose), via *sūdārius (relating to sweat).
Noun
sūdārium n (genitive sūdāriī); second declension
- cloth for wiping off perspiration
- handkerchief
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sūdārium | sūdāria |
| genitive | sūdāriī | sūdāriōrum |
| dative | sūdāriō | sūdāriīs |
| accusative | sūdārium | sūdāria |
| ablative | sūdāriō | sūdāriīs |
| vocative | sūdārium | sūdāria |
Descendants
References
- sudarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sudarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SUDARIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sudarium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- sudarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sudarium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin