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); second declension
- demolition, destruction (especially military)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | excidium | excidia |
| genitive | excidiī | excidiōrum |
| dative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| accusative | excidium | excidia |
| ablative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| vocative | excidium | excidia |
Etymology 2
From excidō + -ium, from cadō (“I fall”).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.ski.doː/, [ˈɛk.skɪ.doː]
Noun
excidium n (genitive excidiī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | excidium | excidia |
| genitive | excidiī | excidiōrum |
| dative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| accusative | excidium | excidia |
| ablative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| vocative | excidium | excidia |
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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