adonidium
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Apparently the neuter substantive of alternative adjectival construction *adōnidius, built on the genitive stem of Adōnid-, Adōnis.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.doːˈni.di.um/, [äd̪oːˈnɪd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.doˈni.di.um/, [äd̪oˈniːd̪ium]
Noun edit
adōnidium n (genitive adōnidiī or adōnidī); second declension
- Alternative form of adōnium (“type of meter”)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adōnidium | adōnidia |
| Genitive | adōnidiī adōnidī1 |
adōnidiōrum |
| Dative | adōnidiō | adōnidiīs |
| Accusative | adōnidium | adōnidia |
| Ablative | adōnidiō | adōnidiīs |
| Vocative | adōnidium | adōnidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Adonidia (perhaps)
References edit
- “adōnidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adonidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.