excidium
Latin
Etymology 1
From exscindō (“I annihilate, extirpate”), from scindō (“I rend, destroy”), compare discidium (“disagreement, discord”). Sometimes construed by folk-etymology as from excīdō (“I cut out, destroy”) + -ium.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ekˈskiː.doː/, [ɛkˈs̠kiːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈʃi.do/, [ekˈʃiːd̪o]
Noun
excidium n (genitive excidiī or excidī); second declension
- demolition, destruction (especially military)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | excidium | excidia |
| Genitive | excidiī excidī1 |
excidiōrum |
| Dative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| Accusative | excidium | excidia |
| Ablative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| Vocative | excidium | excidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Etymology 2
From excidō + -ium, from cadō (“I fall”).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈek.ski.doː/, [ˈɛks̠kɪd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈek.ʃi.do/, [ˈɛkʃid̪o]
Noun
excidium n (genitive excidiī or excidī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | excidium | excidia |
| Genitive | excidiī excidī1 |
excidiōrum |
| Dative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| Accusative | excidium | excidia |
| Ablative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| Vocative | excidium | excidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “excidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “excidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excidium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- excidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.