encaenia
See also: Encaenia
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin encaenia, from Ancient Greek (τὰ) ἐγκαίνια ((tà) enkaínia, “dedication festival”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καινός (kainós, “new”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
encaenia
- A festival held to mark the anniversary of the dedication of a church or temple; (especially), of the Temple at Jerusalem.
- The annual commemoration service of founders and benefactors of Oxford University.
- 1773, Joshua Reynolds, edited by John Ingamells and John Edgcumbe, The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale, published 2000, page 43:
- I am but just returned from two great shews that have been exhibited lately the review at Portsmouth and the encenia at Oxford.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐγκαίνια (enkaínia).
Noun edit
encaenia n pl (genitive encaeniōrum); second declension
- (plural only) A consecration or dedication festival
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | encaenia |
Genitive | encaeniōrum |
Dative | encaeniīs |
Accusative | encaenia |
Ablative | encaeniīs |
Vocative | encaenia |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “encaenia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- encaenia 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)
- encaenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.