plenilunium

Latin

plenilunium

Etymology

From plēnus (“full”) +‎ lūna (“moon”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pleː.niˈluː.ni.um/, [pɫ̪eːnɪˈɫ̪uːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ple.niˈlu.ni.um/, [pleniˈluːnium]

Noun

plēnilūnium n (genitive plēnilūniī or plēnilūnī); second declension

1. full moon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plēnilūnium	plēnilūnia
Genitive	plēnilūniī plēnilūnī1	plēnilūniōrum
Dative	plēnilūniō	plēnilūniīs
Accusative	plēnilūnium	plēnilūnia
Ablative	plēnilūniō	plēnilūniīs
Vocative	plēnilūnium	plēnilūnia

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: pleniluni
• → English: plenilune
• → Spanish: plenilunio
• → Italian: plenilunio
• → Portuguese: plenilúnio

References

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