English

Noun

vestibulum ‎(plural vestibula)

1. (zoology) A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.

Latin

Etymology

From vesti(ō) ‎(“to dress”) +‎ -bulum (equivalent to English vest + -ible), probably from the sense of "a place to dress."

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /wesˈti.bu.lum/, [wɛsˈtɪ.bʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

vestibulum n ‎(genitive vestibulī); second declension

1. vestibule, forecourt, an enclosed area at the front of a house.

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: vestibule
• French: vestibule
• Galician: vestíbulo
• Russian: вестибюль ‎(vestibjulʹ)
• Slovak: vestibul m
• Spanish: vestíbulo

See also

• ātrium

References

• vestibulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vestibulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VESTIBULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vestibulum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• vestibulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vestibulum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin