binoctium

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Latin

Etymology

bi- +‎ nox +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

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

Noun

binoctium n (genitive binoctiī); second declension

(rare) a period of two nights

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	binoctium	binoctia
genitive	binoctiī	binoctiōrum
dative	binoctiō	binoctiīs
accusative	binoctium	binoctia
ablative	binoctiō	binoctiīs
vocative	binoctium	binoctia

References

“binoctium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“binoctium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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