English edit

Noun edit

satellitium (plural satellitia)

  1. (astrology) A grouping of several planets in a sign.
    Synonym: stellium
  2. (obsolete) An escort.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From satelles (attendant, guard, bodyguard) +‎ -ium.

Noun edit

satellitium n (genitive satellitiī or satellitī); second declension

  1. escort, convoy
  2. guard, protection

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative satellitium satellitia
Genitive satellitiī
satellitī1
satellitiōrum
Dative satellitiō satellitiīs
Accusative satellitium satellitia
Ablative satellitiō satellitiīs
Vocative satellitium satellitia

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

Descendants edit

  • Russian: сателлит (satellit)

References edit

  • satellitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • satellitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • satellitium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016