septuennium

Latin

Alternative forms

• septennium

Etymology

From septuennis (“of seven years”, “seven years old”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sep.tuˈen.ni.um/, [s̠ɛpt̪uˈɛnːiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sep.tuˈen.ni.um/, [sept̪uˈɛnːium]

Noun

septuennium n (genitive septuenniī or septuennī); second declension

1. septennium, †septenniad (a period of seven years)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	septuennium	septuennia
Genitive	septuenniī septuennī1	septuenniōrum
Dative	septuenniō	septuenniīs
Accusative	septuennium	septuennia
Ablative	septuenniō	septuenniīs
Vocative	septuennium	septuennia

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

Descendants

• English: septenniad, septennial, septennian, septennium

References

• “septŭennĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• septŭennĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,427/1.