commilitium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From con- (“co-”) + mīles (“soldier”) (stem mīlit-) + -ium (“-ship”, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom.miːˈli.ti.um/, [kɔmːiːˈlʲɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom.miˈlit.t͡si.um/, [komːiˈlit̪ː͡s̪ium]
Noun edit
commīlitium n (genitive commīlitiī or commīlitī); second declension
- comradeship, companionship in war
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | commīlitium | commīlitia |
| Genitive | commīlitiī commīlitī1 |
commīlitiōrum |
| Dative | commīlitiō | commīlitiīs |
| Accusative | commīlitium | commīlitia |
| Ablative | commīlitiō | commīlitiīs |
| Vocative | commīlitium | commīlitia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “commilitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commilitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers