coniugium

Latin

Alternative forms

• conjugium

Etymology

From coniugō +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈi̯u.ɡi.um/, [kɔnˈi̯ʊɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈju.d͡ʒi.um/, [konˈjuːd͡ʒium]

Noun

coniugium n (genitive coniugiī or coniugī); second declension

1. connection, union
2. marriage

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coniugium	coniugia
Genitive	coniugiī coniugī1	coniugiōrum
Dative	coniugiō	coniugiīs
Accusative	coniugium	coniugia
Ablative	coniugiō	coniugiīs
Vocative	coniugium	coniugia

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

Derived terms

• coniugialis

Descendants

• Sardinian: cojuju
• → Italian: coniugio

References

• “coniugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “conjugium”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 172