antistitium

Latin

Etymology

From antistes (“chief-priest”) +‎ -ium (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.tisˈti.ti.um/, [än̪t̪ɪs̠ˈt̪ɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.tisˈtit.t͡si.um/, [än̪t̪isˈt̪it̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

antistitium n (genitive antistitiī or antistitī); second declension

1. The chief-priest's office

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antistitium	antistitia
Genitive	antistitiī antistitī1	antistitiōrum
Dative	antistitiō	antistitiīs
Accusative	antistitium	antistitia
Ablative	antistitiō	antistitiīs
Vocative	antistitium	antistitia

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

References

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