satellitium

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English

Noun

satellitium (plural satellitia)

  1. (astrology) A grouping of several planets in a sign.
    Synonym: stellium
  2. (obsolete) An escort.

Latin

Etymology

From satelles (“attendant, guard, bodyguard”) +‎ -ium.

Noun

satellitium n (genitive satellitiī or satellitī); second declension

  1. escort, convoy
  2. guard, protection

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative satellitium satellitia
genitive satellitiī
satellitī1 		satellitiōrum
dative satellitiō satellitiīs
accusative satellitium satellitia
ablative satellitiō satellitiīs
vocative satellitium satellitia

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

Descendants

  • Russian: сателлит (satellit)

References

  • “satellitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • satellitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • satellitium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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