satellitium

English

Noun

satellitium (plural satellitia)

1. (astrology) A grouping of several planets in a sign.

   Synonym: stellium

2. (obsolete) An escort.

Latin

Etymology

From satelles (“attendant, guard, bodyguard”) +‎ -ium.

Noun

satellitium n (genitive satellitiī or satellitī); second declension

1. escort, convoy
2. guard, protection

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	satellitium	satellitia
genitive	satellitiī satellitī1	satellitiōrum
dative	satellitiō	satellitiīs
accusative	satellitium	satellitia
ablative	satellitiō	satellitiīs
vocative	satellitium	satellitia

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

Descendants

• Russian: сателлит (satellit)

References

• “satellitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• satellitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• satellitium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016