plagium
See also: plágium
English
Etymology
From Latin plagium (“kidnapping”), compare plagiarism, probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”).
Noun
plagium (usually uncountable, plural plagiums)
- (obsolete, law) kidnapping, especially of a child
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Latin
Etymology
Probably from or related to plaga (“hunting net”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). See also plectō (“I weave”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ɡi.um/, [ˈpɫa.ɡi.ũ]
Noun
plagium n (genitive plagiī or plagī); second declension
- manstealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen as slaves
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | plagium | plagia |
| Genitive | plagiī plagī1 |
plagiōrum |
| Dative | plagiō | plagiīs |
| Accusative | plagium | plagia |
| Ablative | plagiō | plagiīs |
| Vocative | plagium | plagia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- plagiārius
- plagiātīcius
- plagiātor
- plagiō
References
- plagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- plagium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plagium in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- plagium in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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