aequilavium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps aequus (“equal; even”) + lavō (“wash”) + -ium, describing how wool loses half it weight after washing.[1] Compare to the semantically similar solox.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯.kʷiˈla.u̯i.um/, [äe̯kʷɪˈɫ̪äu̯iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.kwiˈla.vi.um/, [ekwiˈläːvium]
Noun edit
aequilavium n (genitive aequilaviī or aequilavī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aequilavium | aequilavia |
| Genitive | aequilaviī aequilavī1 |
aequilaviōrum |
| Dative | aequilaviō | aequilaviīs |
| Accusative | aequilavium | aequilavia |
| Ablative | aequilaviō | aequilaviīs |
| Vocative | aequilavium | aequilavia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “aequilavium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aequilavium 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)
- aequilavium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ “aequilavium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press