diludium

Latin

Etymology

dis- +‎ lūdus (“play”) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈluː.di.um/, [d̪iːˈɫ̪uːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈlu.di.um/, [d̪iˈluːd̪ium]

Noun

dīlūdium n (genitive dīlūdiī or dīlūdī); second declension

1. intermission between plays

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	dīlūdium	dīlūdia
genitive	dīlūdiī dīlūdī1	dīlūdiōrum
dative	dīlūdiō	dīlūdiīs
accusative	dīlūdium	dīlūdia
ablative	dīlūdiō	dīlūdiīs
vocative	dīlūdium	dīlūdia

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

References

• “diludium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diludium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers