deliquium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin delinquere (“to lack, to fail”).
Noun edit
deliquium (plural deliquiums)
- (physical chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
- (pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, page 387:
- If he be locked in a close room, he is afraid of being stifled for want of air, and still carries biscuit, aquavitæ, or some strong waters about him, for fear of deliquiums, or being sick […]
- (literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
- (rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
Latin edit
Noun edit
dēliquium n (genitive dēliquiī or dēliquī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēliquium | dēliquia |
| Genitive | dēliquiī dēliquī1 |
dēliquiōrum |
| Dative | dēliquiō | dēliquiīs |
| Accusative | dēliquium | dēliquia |
| Ablative | dēliquiō | dēliquiīs |
| Vocative | dēliquium | dēliquia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “deliquium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- deliquium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.