exitium

Latin

Etymology

From the exit- stem of exeō (“I go out”) +‎ -ium (nominalizing suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsi.ti.um/, [ɛkˈsɪ.ti.ũ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsi.t͡si.um/, [ekˈsiː.t͡si.um]
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Noun

exitium n (genitive exitiī); second declension

  1. destruction, ruin
  2. beginner, novice

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative exitium exitia
genitive exitiī exitiōrum
dative exitiō exitiīs
accusative exitium exitia
ablative exitiō exitiīs
vocative exitium exitia

Descendants

References

  • exitium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exitium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exitium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • exitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be ruined, undone: ad exitium vocari
    • to compass, devise a man's overthrow, ruin: perniciem (exitium) alicui afferre, moliri, parare
    • to rescue from destruction: ab exitio, ab interitu aliquem vindicare
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