praeconium

Latin

Etymology

From praecō.

Noun

praecōnium n (genitive praecōniī or praecōnī); second declension

1. the office of a public crier or auctioneer
2. a publishing or proclaiming

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praecōnium	praecōnia
Genitive	praecōniī praecōnī1	praecōniōrum
Dative	praecōniō	praecōniīs
Accusative	praecōnium	praecōnia
Ablative	praecōniō	praecōniīs
Vocative	praecōnium	praecōnia

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

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) praecōnium

1. nominative neuter singular of praecōnius
2. accusative masculine singular of praecōnius
3. accusative neuter singular of praecōnius
4. vocative neuter singular of praecōnius

References

• “praeconium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeconium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeconium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “praeconium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “praeconium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin