septuennium
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From septuennis (“of seven years”, “seven years old”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sep.tuˈen.ni.um/, [s̠ɛpt̪uˈɛnːiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sep.tuˈen.ni.um/, [sept̪uˈɛnːium]
Noun
[edit]septuennium n (genitive septuenniī or septuennī); second declension
- septennium, †septenniad (a period of seven years)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | septuennium | septuennia |
| genitive | septuenniī septuennī1 |
septuenniōrum |
| dative | septuenniō | septuenniīs |
| accusative | septuennium | septuennia |
| ablative | septuenniō | septuenniīs |
| vocative | septuennium | septuennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]- English: septenniad, septennial, septennian, septennium
References
[edit]- “septŭennĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- septŭennĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,427/1.