antecenium

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ante- (before) +‎ cēna (meal, dinner) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

antecēnium n (genitive antecēniī or antecēnī); second declension

  1. a meal taken before the principal meal, a lunch, luncheon

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative antecēnium antecēnia
Genitive antecēniī
antecēnī1
antecēniōrum
Dative antecēniō antecēniīs
Accusative antecēnium antecēnia
Ablative antecēniō antecēniīs
Vocative antecēnium antecēnia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • antecenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antecenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.