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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin marītāgium.
Noun
maritagium (uncountable)
- (historical) Synonym of maritage.
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
marītāgium n (genitive marītāgiī or marītāgī); second declension
(Medieval Latin)
- marriage (wedlock)
- Synonyms: mātrimōnium, coniugium, nūptus, cōnūbium
- marriage (wedding)
- Synonym: nūptiae
- dowry
- Synonym: dōs
- maritage
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “maritagium”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- maritagium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)