prosicium

Latin

Alternative forms

• prosicies, prosiciae

Etymology

From prōsecō +‎ -ium - compare īsicium and prōsecta f sg or n pl.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːˈsi.ki.um/, [proːˈs̠ɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈsi.t͡ʃi.um/, [proˈs̬iːt͡ʃium]

Noun

prōsicium n (genitive prōsiciī or prōsicī); second declension

1. bowels, entrails

   Synonyms: exta, prōsecta

   1. (esp. as used in animal sacrifice)
   2. (Christian Latin, figuratively) (used of Christ's flesh, in translating Ancient Greek ἀπαρχαί (aparkhaí))
   3. (Late Latin) fragments of ice brought by a river into the sea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōsicium	prōsicia
Genitive	prōsiciī prōsicī1	prōsiciōrum
Dative	prōsiciō	prōsiciīs
Accusative	prōsicium	prōsicia
Ablative	prōsiciō	prōsiciīs
Vocative	prōsicium	prōsicia

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

References

• “prōsicium, prosiciēs, prōsiciae” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Further reading

• prosicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.