plagium

See also: plágium

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin plagium (“kidnapping”), compare plagiarism, probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”).

Noun

plagium (usually uncountable, plural plagiums)

1. (obsolete, law) kidnapping, especially of a child

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

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Latin

Etymology

Probably from or related to plaga (“hunting net”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). See also plectō (“I weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ɡi.um/, [ˈpɫ̪äɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.d͡ʒi.um/, [ˈpläːd͡ʒium]

Noun

plagium n (genitive plagiī or plagī); second declension

1. manstealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen as slaves

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plagium	plagia
Genitive	plagiī plagī1	plagiōrum
Dative	plagiō	plagiīs
Accusative	plagium	plagia
Ablative	plagiō	plagiīs
Vocative	plagium	plagia

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

Derived terms

• plagiārius
• plagiātīcius
• plagiātor
• plagiō

Descendants

• French: plagiat
• Italian: plagio
• Portuguese: plágio
• Spanish: plagio

References

• plagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “plagium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “plagium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “plagium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press