exodium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐξόδιον (exódion, “dénouement”), from ἔξοδος (éxodos, “going out, proceeding out”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈso.di.um/, [ɛkˈs̠ɔd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈso.di.um/, [eɡˈzɔːd̪ium]
Noun edit
exodium n (genitive exodiī or exodī); second declension
- a comedy or farce given as a separate performance after a tragedy
- (figuratively) a conclusion
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | exodium | exodia |
| Genitive | exodiī exodī1 |
exodiōrum |
| Dative | exodiō | exodiīs |
| Accusative | exodium | exodia |
| Ablative | exodiō | exodiīs |
| Vocative | exodium | exodia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “exodium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exodium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers