epithalamion

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪən/

Noun

epithalamion (plural epithalamions)

1. Alternative form of epithalamium
   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

     ‘What is your view of a text we have never considered in class, I mean the Song that is Solomon’s?’ ‘A well-made epithalamion. Somewhat vulgar.’

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιον (epithalámion), neuter form of Ancient Greek ἐπιθαλάμιος (epithalámios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner chamber, wedding chamber”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.pi.tʰaˈla.mi.on/, [ɛpɪt̪ʰäˈɫ̪ämiɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.pi.taˈla.mi.on/, [epit̪äˈläːmion]

Noun

epithalamion n (genitive epithalamiī); second declension

1. epithalamium
   • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 1.pr:

     Respondebis illi tu, Stella carissime, qui epithalamion tuum, quod mihi iniunxeras, scis biduo scriptum.

     You will respond to him, my dearest Stella; you know that your epithalamium, which you had tasked me with writing, has been written over the course of two days.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	epithalamion	epithalamia
genitive	epithalamiī	epithalamiōrum
dative	epithalamiō	epithalamiīs
accusative	epithalamion	epithalamia
ablative	epithalamiō	epithalamiīs
vocative	epithalamion	epithalamia

Alternative forms

• epithalamium

References

• epithalamion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.