conticinium
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From conticeō (“be silent”) or conticiscō (“become still”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.tiˈki.ni.um/, [kɔn̪t̪ɪˈkɪniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.tiˈt͡ʃi.ni.um/, [kon̪t̪iˈt͡ʃiːnium]
Noun
conticinium n (genitive conticiniī or conticinī); second declension
Usage notes
In Bede et al., a particular period of night following the appearance of the stars at vespers and before intempestum (“midnight”).
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | conticinium | conticinia |
Genitive | conticiniī conticinī1 |
conticiniōrum |
Dative | conticiniō | conticiniīs |
Accusative | conticinium | conticinia |
Ablative | conticiniō | conticiniīs |
Vocative | conticinium | conticinia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Hypernyms
References
- “conticinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conticinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- "Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy", p. 6, in Popular Treatises on Science Written during the Middle Ages (1841), London: Historical Society of Science.