exterminium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From exterminō (drive away, expel, destroy) +‎ -ium.

Noun

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exterminium n (genitive exterminiī or exterminī); second declension

  1. expulsion, banishment
  2. destruction, extermination

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative exterminium exterminia
Genitive exterminiī
exterminī1
exterminiōrum
Dative exterminiō exterminiīs
Accusative exterminium exterminia
Ablative exterminiō exterminiīs
Vocative exterminium exterminia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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  • Catalan: extermini
  • Italian: sterminio
  • Portuguese: extermínio
  • Spanish: exterminio

References

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