diludium
Latin
Etymology
dis- + lūdus (“play”) + -ium
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diːˈɫuː.di.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪iˈluː.d̪i.um]
Noun
dīlūdium n (genitive dīlūdiī or dīlūdī); second declension
- intermission between plays
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīlūdium | dīlūdia |
| genitive | dīlūdiī dīlūdī1 |
dīlūdiōrum |
| dative | dīlūdiō | dīlūdiīs |
| accusative | dīlūdium | dīlūdia |
| ablative | dīlūdiō | dīlūdiīs |
| vocative | dīlūdium | dīlūdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “diludium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diludium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers