exagium

Latin

Etymology

From exigō (“I measure, weigh”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈsa.ɡi.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eɡˈzaː.d͡ʒi.um]

Noun

exagium n (genitive exagiī or exagī); second declension

A weighing, weight
(Late Latin) A balance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	exagium	exagia
genitive	exagiī exagī¹	exagiōrum
dative	exagiō	exagiīs
accusative	exagium	exagia
ablative	exagiō	exagiīs
vocative	exagium	exagia

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

Descendants

Catalan: assaig
Old French: essai
- Anglo Norman: assai
  - → English: assay
- Middle French: essai
  - French: essai
  - → English: essay
Galician: ensaio
Italian: saggio
Portuguese: ensaio
Spanish: ensayo

References

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