vindicium

Latin

Etymology

From vindex +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯inˈdi.ki.um/, [u̯ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vinˈdi.t͡ʃi.um/, [vin̪ˈd̪iːt͡ʃium]

Noun

vindicium n (genitive vindiciī or vindicī); second declension

1. protection; defense, patronage

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	vindicium	vindicia
genitive	vindiciī vindicī1	vindiciōrum
dative	vindiciō	vindiciīs
accusative	vindicium	vindicia
ablative	vindiciō	vindiciīs
vocative	vindicium	vindicia

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

References

• vindicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• vindicium 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)