methium

Latin

Alternative forms

• meffium, mephium

Etymology

Derived from Old High German mita (“gift”) + fihu (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tʰi.um/, [ˈmɛt̪ʰiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ti.um/, [ˈmɛːt̪ium]

Noun

methium n (genitive methiī or methī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) wedding

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	methium	methia
genitive	methiī methī1	methiōrum
dative	methiō	methiīs
accusative	methium	methia
ablative	methiō	methiīs
vocative	methium	methia

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

Descendants

• Italian: mefio

References

• methium 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)