calefactorius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *kalēō

Latin caleō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin calefaciō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -tōrius

Latin calefactōrius

From calefaciō (“to warm, to heat”) + -tōrius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ka.ɫɛ.fakˈtoː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ka.le.fakˈtɔː.ri.us]

Adjective

calefactōrius (feminine calefactōria, neuter calefactōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. having a warming or heating power

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	calefactōrius	calefactōria	calefactōrium		calefactōriī	calefactōriae	calefactōria
genitive	calefactōriī	calefactōriae	calefactōriī		calefactōriōrum	calefactōriārum	calefactōriōrum
dative	calefactōriō	calefactōriae	calefactōriō		calefactōriīs
accusative	calefactōrium	calefactōriam	calefactōrium		calefactōriōs	calefactōriās	calefactōria
ablative	calefactōriō	calefactōriā	calefactōriō		calefactōriīs
vocative	calefactōrie	calefactōria	calefactōrium		calefactōriī	calefactōriae	calefactōria

Derived terms

• calefactorium

Descendants

• English: calefactory
• French: caléfactoire

References

• “calefactorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “calefactorius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.