prosicium

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From prōsecō +‎ -ium - compare īsicium and prōsecta f sg or n pl.

Pronunciation

Noun

prōsicium n (genitive prōsiciī or prōsicī); second declension

  1. bowels, entrails
    Synonyms: exta, prōsecta
    1. (esp. as used in animal sacrifice)
    2. (Christian Latin, figuratively) (used of Christ's flesh, in translating Ancient Greek ἀπαρχαί (aparkhaí))
    3. (Late Latin) fragments of ice brought by a river into the sea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative prōsicium prōsicia
genitive prōsiciī
prōsicī1 		prōsiciōrum
dative prōsiciō prōsiciīs
accusative prōsicium prōsicia
ablative prōsiciō prōsiciīs
vocative prōsicium prōsicia

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

References

Further reading

  • prosicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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