consistorium

Latin

Etymology

    From cōnsistō (“stop, stand”) +‎ -tōrium (place suffix).

    Noun

    cōnsistōrium n (genitive cōnsistōriī); second declension

    1. (Late Latin) a place of assembly
    2. (Late Latin) the emperor’s cabinet
    3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) consistory (pontifical court; session of the College of Cardinals)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative cōnsistōrium cōnsistōria
    genitive cōnsistōriī cōnsistōriōrum
    dative cōnsistōriō cōnsistōriīs
    accusative cōnsistōrium cōnsistōria
    ablative cōnsistōriō cōnsistōriīs
    vocative cōnsistōrium cōnsistōria

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italian: concistoro
    • Sicilian: cuncisturu
    • → Catalan: consistori
    • → Dutch: consistorie
    • → Old French: consistoire
    • → German: Konsistorium
    • → Hungarian: konzisztórium
    • → Portuguese: consistório
    • → Spanish: consistorio

    References

    • “consistorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "consistorium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “consistorium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • “consistorium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “consistorium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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