clavichordium

Latin

clavichordium (a clavichord)

Etymology

Renaissance Latin; from clāvis (“key”) + chord, string.

Noun

clāvīchordium (genitive clāvīchordiī); n, second declension

1. clavichord

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	clāvīchordium	clāvīchordia
genitive	clāvīchordiī	clāvīchordiōrum
dative	clāvīchordiō	clāvīchordiīs
accusative	clāvīchordium	clāvīchordia
ablative	clāvīchordiō	clāvīchordiīs
vocative	clāvīchordium	clāvīchordia

Descendants

• English: clavichord
• French: clavicorde
• Italian: clavicordo
• Spanish: clavicordio