litigium

Latin

Etymology

From līs (“quarrel”) +‎ agō +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liːˈti.ɡi.um/, [lʲiːˈt̪ɪɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈti.d͡ʒi.um/, [liˈt̪iːd͡ʒium]

Noun

lītigium n (genitive lītigiī or lītigī); second declension

1. quarrel

   Synonyms: iūrgium, rixa

2. litigation

   Synonym: lītigātiō

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lītigium	lītigia
Genitive	lītigiī lītigī1	lītigiōrum
Dative	lītigiō	lītigiīs
Accusative	lītigium	lītigia
Ablative	lītigiō	lītigiīs
Vocative	lītigium	lītigia

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

Descendants

• → Italian: litigio
• → Spanish: litigio

References

• litigium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• litigium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “litigium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press