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Latin
Etymology
spīca (“an ear of corn”) + legō (“I gather”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract neuter substantives)
Pronunciation
Noun
spīcilegium n (genitive spīcilegiī or spīcilegī); second declension
- (Classical Latin, literally) a gleaning of ears of corn (collection of ears of corn left behind after the main harvest or gathering thereof)
- (New Latin, figuratively) a “gathering” of sparse specimens that have been overlooked by others
1823, Ludwig Emanuel Schærer, Lichenum Helveticorum spicilegium, main title:Lichenum Helveticorum spicilegium- A gathering of Swiss lichens
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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