absido

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Hellenic *áptō

Ancient Greek ᾰ̔́πτω (hắptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís)bor.

Latin apsis

Latin absidalbor.

Esperanto absido

Learned borrowing from Latin absida. First attested in 1933.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈsido/

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• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: ab‧si‧do

Noun

absido (accusative singular absidon, plural absidoj, accusative plural absidojn)

1. (architecture) apse
   • 2017 July, Last, “La plej konata baroka monumento en Vilnius”, in Monato, volume 38, number 7, →ISSN, page 21:

     La barokstilan preĝejon oni planis en la formo de latina kruco, entenanta du turojn, kupulon kaj duonrondan absidon.

     The Baroque-style cathedral was designed in the form of a Latin cross, containing two towers, a cupola and a semicircular apse.

Further reading

• “absido”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “absido”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026