excidium
Latin
Etymology 1
From exscindō (“I annihilate, extirpate”), from scindō (“I rend, destroy”), compare discidium (“disagreement, discord”). Sometimes construed by folk-etymology as from excīdō (“I cut out, destroy”) + -ium.
Alternative forms
- exscidium
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈskiː.doː/, [ɛkˈskiː.doː]
Noun
excidium n (genitive excidiī or excidī); second declension
- demolition, destruction (especially military)
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | excidium | excidia |
Genitive | excidiī excidī1 |
excidiōrum |
Dative | excidiō | excidiīs |
Accusative | excidium | excidia |
Ablative | excidiō | excidiīs |
Vocative | excidium | excidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.ski.doː/, [ˈɛk.skɪ.doː]
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | excidium | excidia |
Genitive | excidiī excidī1 |
excidiōrum |
Dative | excidiō | excidiīs |
Accusative | excidium | excidia |
Ablative | excidiō | excidiīs |
Vocative | excidium | excidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- excidium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- excidium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excidium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- excidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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