archisolium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
archi- (“arch-, highest”) + solium (“seat, throne”)
Pronunciation edit
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.kiˈso.li.um/, [ärkiˈs̬ɔːlium]
Noun edit
archisolium n (genitive archisoliī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) principal royal seat, capital city
- a. 1223, Otto von St. Blasien, Chronica, chapter 34:
- Hac itaque relaxatione recreato exercitu Iconium versus, tocius Cilicie metropolim soldanique archisolium, aciem direxit eamque inaudita celeritate expugnavit.
- The army having thus been reinvigorated by this relaxation, he arrayed his men against Iconium, the metropolis of all Cilicia and the sultan's capital city, and stormed it with unheard-of speed.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | archisolium | archisolia |
| Genitive | archisoliī | archisoliōrum |
| Dative | archisoliō | archisoliīs |
| Accusative | archisolium | archisolia |
| Ablative | archisoliō | archisoliīs |
| Vocative | archisolium | archisolia |
References edit
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “archisolium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill