petilium

Latin

Etymology

From petīlus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peˈtiː.li.um/, [pɛˈt̪iːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈti.li.um/, [peˈt̪iːlium]

Noun

petīlium n (genitive petīliī or petīlī); second declension

1. an autumnal flower

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	petīlium	petīlia
Genitive	petīliī petīlī1	petīliōrum
Dative	petīliō	petīliīs
Accusative	petīlium	petīlia
Ablative	petīliō	petīliīs
Vocative	petīlium	petīlia

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

References

• “petilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• petilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.