litigium

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From līs (“quarrel”) +‎ agō +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lītigium n (genitive lītigiī or lītigī); second declension

  1. quarrel
    Synonyms: iūrgium, rixa
  2. litigation
    Synonym: lītigātiō

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lītigium lītigia
Genitive lītigiī
lītigī1 		lītigiōrum
Dative lītigiō lītigiīs
Accusative lītigium lītigia
Ablative lītigiō lītigiīs
Vocative lītigium lītigia

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

Descendants[edit]

  • → Italian: litigio
  • → Spanish: litigio

References[edit]

  • litigium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • litigium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “litigium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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