vindicium

Latin

Etymology

From vindex +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯inˈdi.ki.um/, [u̯ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vinˈdi.t͡ʃi.um/, [vin̪ˈd̪iːt͡ʃium]

Noun

vindicium n (genitive vindiciī or vindicī); second declension

1. protection; defense, patronage

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vindicium	vindicia
Genitive	vindiciī vindicī1	vindiciōrum
Dative	vindiciō	vindiciīs
Accusative	vindicium	vindicia
Ablative	vindiciō	vindiciīs
Vocative	vindicium	vindicia

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

References

• vindicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• vindicium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)