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Latin
Etymology
Probably from dīvidia (“division”) by misreading or by analogy with the collateral endings -ia and -ium.
Noun
dīvidium n (genitive dīvidiī or dīvidī); second declension
- (New Latin) half
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- diuidium in Ramminger, Johann (2006 September 30 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016