novilunium

Latin

Etymology

Derived from novus (“new”) + lūna (“the Moon”) +‎ -ium (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /no.u̯iˈluː.ni.um/, [nou̯ɪˈɫ̪uːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.viˈlu.ni.um/, [noviˈluːnium]

Noun

novilūnium n (genitive novilūniī or novilūnī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) new moon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	novilūnium	novilūnia
Genitive	novilūniī novilūnī1	novilūniōrum
Dative	novilūniō	novilūniīs
Accusative	novilūnium	novilūnia
Ablative	novilūniō	novilūniīs
Vocative	novilūnium	novilūnia

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: noviluni
• → Italian: novilunio
• → Portuguese: novilúnio
• → Sicilian: nuviluniu
• → Spanish: novilunio