epistomiumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From epistomis (“ἐπιστομίς, twitch”) +‎ -ium.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈto.mi.um/, [ɛ.pɪs̠ˈt̪ɔ.mi.ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈto.mi.um/, [ɛ.pisˈt̪ɔː.mi.um]

名詞

epistomium n (genitive epistomiī または epistomī); second declension

1. a plug or instrument by which an aperture could be opened or closed
2. a cock or faucet of a water pipe.
3. a vent
4. (music) an organ register

語形変化

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

同意語

• epitonium, vertibulum, verticillum – water faucet
• clavis, versatilis – barrel faucet
• spiraculum