diludium

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Latin

Etymology

dis- +‎ lūdus (“play”) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

Noun

dīlūdium n (genitive dīlūdiī or dīlūdī); second declension

  1. intermission between plays

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative dīlūdium dīlūdia
genitive dīlūdiī
dīlūdī1 		dīlūdiōrum
dative dīlūdiō dīlūdiīs
accusative dīlūdium dīlūdia
ablative dīlūdiō dīlūdiīs
vocative dīlūdium dīlūdia

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

References

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