aquilicium

Latin

Alternative forms

• aquaelicium (with dubious formation)

Etymology

From aqua (“water”) +‎ laciō (“I entice”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.kʷiˈli.ki.um/, [äkʷɪˈlʲɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kwiˈli.t͡ʃi.um/, [äkwiˈliːt͡ʃium]

Noun

aquilicium n (genitive aquiliciī or aquilicī); second declension

1. a mean (sacrifice) to produce rain, a supplication for rain

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aquilicium	aquilicia
Genitive	aquiliciī aquilicī1	aquiliciōrum
Dative	aquiliciō	aquiliciīs
Accusative	aquilicium	aquilicia
Ablative	aquiliciō	aquiliciīs
Vocative	aquilicium	aquilicia

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

References

• “aquaelicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aquilicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• aquaelicium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung