discidium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From discindō (“I tear asunder”) + -ium, from dis- + scindō (“I cleave, tear”); compare excidium (“military destruction”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /disˈki.di.um/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈkɪd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diʃˈʃi.di.um/, [d̪iʃˈʃiːd̪ium]
Noun
[edit]discidium n (genitive discidiī or discidī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | discidium | discidia |
| genitive | discidiī discidī1 |
discidiōrum |
| dative | discidiō | discidiīs |
| accusative | discidium | discidia |
| ablative | discidiō | discidiīs |
| vocative | discidium | discidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “discidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “discidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- discidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.