aedificium
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯.diˈfi.ki.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.diˈfi.t͡ʃi.um/,
Noun
aedificium n (genitive aedificiī or aedificī); second declension
- building, edifice, structure
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6:
- Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
- Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.
- Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aedificium | aedificia |
| Genitive | aedificiī aedificī1 |
aedificiōrum |
| Dative | aedificiō | aedificiīs |
| Accusative | aedificium | aedificia |
| Ablative | aedificiō | aedificiīs |
| Vocative | aedificium | aedificia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “aedificium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aedificium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aedificium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aedificium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to set buildings on fire: accendere, incendere aedificia
- to erect a building, a monument: exstruere aedificium, monumentum
- to set buildings on fire: accendere, incendere aedificia