adonidium
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Apparently the neuter substantive of alternative adjectival construction *adōnidius, built on the genitive stem of Adōnid-, Adōnis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.doːˈni.di.um/, [a.doːˈnɪ.di.ũ]
Noun
adōnidium n (genitive adōnidiī or adōnidī); second declension
- Alternative form of adōnium (type of meter)
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | adōnidium | adōnidia |
Genitive | adōnidiī adōnidī1 |
adōnidiōrum |
Dative | adōnidiō | adōnidiīs |
Accusative | adōnidium | adōnidia |
Ablative | adōnidiō | adōnidiīs |
Vocative | adōnidium | adōnidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Translingual: Adonidia (perhaps)
References
- adōnidium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adonidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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