pithecium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πιθήκιον (pithḗkion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piˈtʰeː.ki.um/, [pɪˈt̪ʰeːkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈte.t͡ʃi.um/, [piˈt̪ɛːt͡ʃium]

Noun

pithēcium n (genitive pithēciī or pithēcī); second declension

1. a little ape
2. a kind of flower, possibly monkey-flower (Mimulus) or snapdragon (Antirrhinum)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	pithēcium	pithēcia
genitive	pithēciī pithēcī1	pithēciōrum
dative	pithēciō	pithēciīs
accusative	pithēcium	pithēcia
ablative	pithēciō	pithēciīs
vocative	pithēcium	pithēcia

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

Related terms

• pithēcus

References

• “pithecium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pithecium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.