prosicium
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom prōsecō + -ium - compare īsicium and prōsecta f sg or n pl.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proːˈsi.ki.um/, [proːˈs̠ɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈsi.t͡ʃi.um/, [proˈs̬iːt͡ʃium]
Noun
editprōsicium n (genitive prōsiciī or prōsicī); second declension
- bowels, entrails
- (esp. as used in animal sacrifice)
- (Christian Latin, figuratively) (used of Christ's flesh, in translating Ancient Greek ἀπαρχαί (aparkhaí))
- (Late Latin) fragments of ice brought by a river into the sea
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | 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
edit- “prōsicium, prosiciēs, prōsiciae” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Further reading
edit- prosicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.