dividium

Latin

Etymology

Probably from dīvidia (“division”) by misreading or by analogy with the collateral endings -ia and -ium.

Noun

dīvidium n (genitive dīvidiī or dīvidī); second declension

1. (New Latin) half

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīvidium	dīvidia
Genitive	dīvidiī dīvidī1	dīvidiōrum
Dative	dīvidiō	dīvidiīs
Accusative	dīvidium	dīvidia
Ablative	dīvidiō	dīvidiīs
Vocative	dīvidium	dīvidia

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

References

• diuidium in Ramminger, Johann (2006 September 30 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016