diverbium

Latin

Etymology

dis- +‎ verbum +‎ -ium

Noun

dīverbium n (genitive dīverbiī or dīverbī); second declension

1. (theater) dialogue, colloquy

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīverbium	dīverbia
Genitive	dīverbiī dīverbī1	dīverbiōrum
Dative	dīverbiō	dīverbiīs
Accusative	dīverbium	dīverbia
Ablative	dīverbiō	dīverbiīs
Vocative	dīverbium	dīverbia

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

Descendants

• English: diverb
• Italian: diverbio
• Piedmontese: diverbi

References

• “diverbium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diverbium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diverbium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.