tasconium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.[1] Compare Spanish tosca (“tuff”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tasˈko.ni.um/, [t̪äs̠ˈkɔniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tasˈko.ni.um/, [t̪äsˈkɔːnium]
Noun[edit]
tasconium n (genitive tasconiī or tasconī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tasconium | tasconia |
Genitive | tasconiī tasconī1 |
tasconiōrum |
Dative | tasconiō | tasconiīs |
Accusative | tasconium | tasconia |
Ablative | tasconiō | tasconiīs |
Vocative | tasconium | tasconia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- tasconium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “tasconium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “tasconium”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 650