lazzaretto

Meaning

1. (masculine) a lazar house or leper colony
2. (masculine) a lazaret, a place of quarantine

Concepts

lazaretto

contagious disease hospital

lazar house

pesthouse

leper colony

lazarette

leprosarium

lazaret

Synonyms

ospedale da campo

lazzeretto

Translations

leprosário

lazareto

Leprakolonie

Achterpiek

Leprosenhaus

Leprosorium

léproserie

maladrerie

leprozerie

leprakolonie

leprozenhuis

leprosería

leprosorio

Etymology

From lazzaro (“lazar, leper”) + -etto (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical character found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”, literally “God has helped”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible. Originally the name of a 14th-century leper colony and quarantine site on the island of Sta. Maria di Nazareth in Venice, now known as the Lazzaretto Vecchio, from which use spread more generally.