lumbifragium

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Plautus, from lumbus (“loin, genitals”) +‎ frangō (“to break”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lum.biˈfra.ɡi.um/, [ɫ̪ʊmbɪˈfräɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lum.biˈfra.d͡ʒi.um/, [lumbiˈfräːd͡ʒium]

Noun

lumbifragium n (genitive lumbifragiī or lumbifragī); second declension

1. loin or groin injury

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lumbifragium	lumbifragia
Genitive	lumbifragiī lumbifragī1	lumbifragiōrum
Dative	lumbifragiō	lumbifragiīs
Accusative	lumbifragium	lumbifragia
Ablative	lumbifragiō	lumbifragiīs
Vocative	lumbifragium	lumbifragia

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

References

• “lumbĭfrăgĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lumbĭfrăgĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• lumbifragium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “lumbifragium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC