septuennium

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Latin

Alternative forms

septennium

Etymology

From septuennis (“of seven years”, “seven years old”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sep.tuˈen.ni.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sep.tuˈen.ni.um/,

Noun

septuennium n (genitive septuenniī or septuennī); second declension

septennium, †septenniad (a period of seven years)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	septuennium	septuennia
genitive	septuenniī septuennī¹	septuenniōrum
dative	septuenniō	septuenniīs
accusative	septuennium	septuennia
ablative	septuenniō	septuenniīs
vocative	septuennium	septuennia

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

Descendants

English: septenniad, septennial, septennian, septennium

References

“septŭennĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
septŭennĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,427/1.

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