dividium

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from dīvidia (division) by misreading or by analogy with the collateral endings -ia and -ium.

Noun[edit]

dīvidium n (genitive dīvidiī or dīvidī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) half

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīvidium dīvidia
Genitive dīvidiī
dīvidī1
dīvidiōrum
Dative dīvidiō dīvidiīs
Accusative dīvidium dīvidia
Ablative dīvidiō dīvidiīs
Vocative dīvidium dīvidia

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

References[edit]

  • diuidium in Ramminger, Johann (2006 September 30 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016