methium

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Latin

Alternative forms

meffium, mephium

Etymology

Derived from Old High German mita (“gift”) + fihu (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

methium n (genitive methiī or methī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) wedding

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	methium	methia
genitive	methiī methī¹	methiōrum
dative	methiō	methiīs
accusative	methium	methia
ablative	methiō	methiīs
vocative	methium	methia

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

Descendants

Italian: mefio

References

methium 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)

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