Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Nominalization of the neuter of ellipsis of (panis) focācius ((bread) of the hearth). Attested in the Vetus Itala.[1]

Noun

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focācium n (genitive focāciī or focācī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. bread baked under ash

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative focācium focācia
Genitive focāciī
focācī1
focāciōrum
Dative focāciō focāciīs
Accusative focācium focācia
Ablative focāciō focāciīs
Vocative focācium focācia

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

Descendants

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(All via the plural focācia, made into a feminine noun.)

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŏcācium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 648