telephonium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teː.leˈpʰoː.ni.um/, [t̪eːɫ̪ɛˈpʰoːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.leˈfo.ni.um/, [t̪eleˈfɔːnium]

Noun

tēlephōnium n (genitive tēlephōniī or tēlephōnī); second declension

1. Alternative form of tēlephōnum
   • 1906, Acta Sanctae Sedis, Vol. XXXIX [1], Vatican (page 379):

     De matrimonio per procuratorem, nuncium, interpretem, litteras, telegraphum et telephonium.

     On marriage via agent, messenger, interpreter, letters, telegraph and telephone.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tēlephōnium	tēlephōnia
Genitive	tēlephōniī tēlephōnī1	tēlephōniōrum
Dative	tēlephōniō	tēlephōniīs
Accusative	tēlephōnium	tēlephōnia
Ablative	tēlephōniō	tēlephōniīs
Vocative	tēlephōnium	tēlephōnia

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