vituperium

Latin

Etymology

From vituperō +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯i.tuˈpe.ri.um/, [u̯ɪt̪ʊˈpɛriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi.tuˈpe.ri.um/, [vit̪uˈpɛːrium]

Noun

vituperium n (genitive vituperiī or vituperī); second declension

1. censure, blame

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	vituperium	vituperia
genitive	vituperiī vituperī1	vituperiōrum
dative	vituperiō	vituperiīs
accusative	vituperium	vituperia
ablative	vituperiō	vituperiīs
vocative	vituperium	vituperia

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

References

• vituperium 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)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “vituperium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC