clenodium

Latin

Alternative forms

• clēnōdium

Etymology

Borrowed from a Germanic language (compare Middle High German kleinōt, Middle Low German klênö̂de), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining, splendid”) + a Germanic suffix corresponding to Old High German -ōti.

Alternatively, the second element may possibly represent Old High German ōt, from Proto-West Germanic *aud (“wealth, riches, possession”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kleˈno.di.um/, [kleˈnɔːd̪ium]

Noun

clenōdium n (genitive clenōdiī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) jewel, precious thing

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	clenōdium	clenōdia
genitive	clenōdiī	clenōdiōrum
dative	clenōdiō	clenōdiīs
accusative	clenōdium	clenōdia
ablative	clenōdiō	clenōdiīs
vocative	clenōdium	clenōdia

References

• clenodium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “clenodium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill