avium

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Latin

Etymology 1

From āvius (remote, out of the way).

Pronunciation

Noun

āvium n (genitive āviī or āvī); second declension

  1. wilderness, byway
Declension
  • Usually encountered in the plural.

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative āvium āvia
Genitive āviī
āvī1
āviōrum
Dative āviō āviīs
Accusative āvium āvia
Ablative āviō āviīs
Vocative āvium āvia

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

Adjective

āvium

  1. inflection of āvius:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Etymology 2

Inflected form of avis (bird).

Pronunciation

Noun

avium f

  1. genitive plural of avis