latronicium
Latin
editEtymology
editMetathesis of Classical Latin latrōcinium, perhaps influenced by other legal terms ending in -icium, such as iūdicium (“trial, sentence”). Possibly a restructuring based on latrōn- (“thief”) + -icium.
Noun
editlatrōnicium n (genitive latrōniciī or latrōnicī); second declension (Late Latin)
- robbery, theft, larceny
- Ca. 500, Lex Salica, Pactus pro tenore pacis dominorum Childeberti et Chlotarii regis :
- Et quia multorum insania convaluerit malis pro inmanitate scelerum digna reddantur. Id ergo decretum est ut apud quemcumque post interdictum latronicium conprobatur vitae incurrat periculum.
- And since criminal excesses have gained in force lately, let the offenders face what is appropriate for the enormity of their deeds. It is therefore decreed that anyone who is proven to have committed larceny after this decree incurs the death penalty.
- Et quia multorum insania convaluerit malis pro inmanitate scelerum digna reddantur. Id ergo decretum est ut apud quemcumque post interdictum latronicium conprobatur vitae incurrat periculum.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | latrōnicium | latrōnicia |
Genitive | latrōniciī latrōnicī1 |
latrōniciōrum |
Dative | latrōniciō | latrōniciīs |
Accusative | latrōnicium | latrōnicia |
Ablative | latrōniciō | latrōniciīs |
Vocative | latrōnicium | latrōnicia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- Popular forms:
- Old French: larnes, larronesse (rebuilt according to larron and -esse)
- Old Italian: latroneccio
- Italian: ladroneccio
- Old Lombard: laroneçço
- Latin-influenced forms:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Navarro-Aragonese: ladroniçio
- Spanish: ladronicio (dated or obsolete)
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “latrocĭnium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 202