Latin

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Etymology

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From accendō (I kindle, set light (a fire)) +‎ -ium.

Noun

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accendium n (genitive accendiī or accendī); second declension

  1. a kindling, a setting on fire

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative accendium accendia
Genitive accendiī
accendī1
accendiōrum
Dative accendiō accendiīs
Accusative accendium accendia
Ablative accendiō accendiīs
Vocative accendium accendia

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

References

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accendĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

  • accendium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.