spicilegium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
spīca (“an ear of corn”) + legō (“I gather”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract neuter substantives)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spiː.kiˈle.ɡi.um/, [s̠piːkɪˈɫ̪ɛɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spi.t͡ʃiˈle.d͡ʒi.um/, [spit͡ʃiˈlɛːd͡ʒium]
Noun[edit]
spīcilegium n (genitive spīcilegiī or spīcilegī); second declension
- (Classical Latin, literally) a gleaning of ears of corn (collection of ears of corn left behind after the main harvest or gathering thereof)
- (New Latin, figuratively) a “gathering” of sparse specimens that have been overlooked by others
- 1823, Ludwig Emanuel Schærer, Lichenum Helveticorum spicilegium, main title:
- Lichenum Helveticorum spicilegium
- A gathering of Swiss lichens
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spīcilegium | spīcilegia |
| Genitive | spīcilegiī spīcilegī1 |
spīcilegiōrum |
| Dative | spīcilegiō | spīcilegiīs |
| Accusative | spīcilegium | spīcilegia |
| Ablative | spīcilegiō | spīcilegiīs |
| Vocative | spīcilegium | spīcilegia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
See also[edit]
- racēmātiō (“grape-gleaning”)
References[edit]
- “spīcĭlĕgĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spīcĭlĕgĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,467/1.
- “spīcilegium” on page 1,804/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)