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Latin
Etymology
ante- (“before”) + cēna (“meal, dinner”) + -ium
Pronunciation
Noun
antecēnium n (genitive antecēniī or antecēnī); second declension
- a meal taken before the principal meal, a lunch, luncheon
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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