antecenium

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Latin

Etymology

ante- (before) +‎ cēna (meal, dinner) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

Noun

antecēnium n (genitive antecēniī or antecēnī); second declension

  1. a meal taken before the principal meal, a lunch, luncheon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative antecēnium antecēnia
genitive antecēniī
antecēnī1
antecēniōrum
dative antecēniō antecēniīs
accusative antecēnium antecēnia
ablative antecēniō antecēniīs
vocative antecēnium antecēnia

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

References

  • antecenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antecenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.