latrocinium
Latin
Etymology
Derived from Latin latrō (“mercenary, brigand”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /la.troːˈki.ni.um/, [ɫ̪ät̪roːˈkɪniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /la.troˈt͡ʃi.ni.um/, [lät̪roˈt͡ʃiːnium]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /lat.roːˈki.ni.um/, [ɫ̪ät̪roːˈkɪniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lat.roˈt͡ʃi.ni.um/, [lät̪roˈt͡ʃiːnium]
Noun
latrōcinium n (genitive latrōciniī or latrōcinī); second declension
- Military service for pay.
- (figuratively) Robbery, banditry, highway robbery, piracy, brigandage; pillage, plundering.
- (figuratively) An act of banditry or brigandage.
- (figuratively) A band of robbers.
- (figuratively) Villany, roguery, fraud.
- (figuratively, Ecclesiastical Latin, derogatory) A term of abuse for church councils held to be illegitimate, especially the Second Council of Ephesus.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | latrōcinium | latrōcinia |
Genitive | latrōciniī latrōcinī1 |
latrōciniōrum |
Dative | latrōciniō | latrōciniīs |
Accusative | latrōcinium | latrōcinia |
Ablative | latrōciniō | latrōciniīs |
Vocative | latrōcinium | latrōcinia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Catalan: lladronici
- Old French: larcin
- Italian: latrocinio
- Portuguese: latrocínio
- Spanish: latrocinio
Derived terms
- English: Latrocinium
References
- “latrocinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “latrocinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- latrocinium 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)
- latrocinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- latrocinium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “latrocinium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin