tettigonium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τεττιγονίον (tettigoníon).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tet.tiːˈɡo.ni.um/, [t̪ɛt̪ːiːˈɡɔniʊ̃ˑ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tet.tiˈɡo.ni.um/, [t̪et̪ːiˈɡɔːnium]

Noun

tettīgonium n (genitive tettīgoniī or tettīgonī); second declension

1. a type of cicada

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	tettīgonium	tettīgonia
genitive	tettīgoniī tettīgonī1	tettīgoniōrum
dative	tettīgoniō	tettīgoniīs
accusative	tettīgonium	tettīgonia
ablative	tettīgoniō	tettīgoniīs
vocative	tettīgonium	tettīgonia

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

Descendants

• Translingual: Tettigonia (bush crickets)

See also

• cicada
• acheta