exagium

Latin

Etymology

From exigō (“I measure, weigh”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.ɡi.um/, [ɛkˈs̠äɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsa.d͡ʒi.um/, [eɡˈzäːd͡ʒium]

Noun

exagium n (genitive exagiī or exagī); second declension

1. A weighing, weight
2. (Late Latin) A balance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	exagium	exagia
Genitive	exagiī exagī1	exagiōrum
Dative	exagiō	exagiīs
Accusative	exagium	exagia
Ablative	exagiō	exagiīs
Vocative	exagium	exagia

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

Descendants

• Catalan: assaig
• Old French: essai
  • Anglo Norman: assai
    • → English: assay
  • Middle French: essai
    • French: essai
    • → English: essay
• Galician: ensaio
• Italian: saggio
• Portuguese: ensaio
• Spanish: ensayo

References

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