encaenia

See also: Encaenia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγκαίνια (enkaínia).

Noun

encaenia n pl (genitive encaeniōrum); second declension

(plural only) A consecration or dedication festival

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Plural
nominative	encaenia
genitive	encaeniōrum
dative	encaeniīs
accusative	encaenia
ablative	encaeniīs
vocative	encaenia

Derived terms

encaeniō

References

encaenia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
encaenia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
encaenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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