antistitium

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Latin

Etymology

From antistes (“chief-priest”) +‎ -ium (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.tisˈti.ti.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.tisˈtit.t͡si.um/,

Noun

antistitium n (genitive antistitiī or antistitī); second declension

The chief-priest's office

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	antistitium	antistitia
genitive	antistitiī antistitī¹	antistitiōrum
dative	antistitiō	antistitiīs
accusative	antistitium	antistitia
ablative	antistitiō	antistitiīs
vocative	antistitium	antistitia

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

References

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

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