coniugium

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From coniugō +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

Noun

coniugium n (genitive coniugiī or coniugī); second declension

  1. connection, union
  2. marriage

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coniugium coniugia
Genitive coniugiī
coniugī1 		coniugiōrum
Dative coniugiō coniugiīs
Accusative coniugium coniugia
Ablative coniugiō coniugiīs
Vocative coniugium coniugia

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sardinian: cojuju
  • → Italian: coniugio

References

  • “coniugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “conjugium”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 172
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