helcium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑλκίον (helkíon, “yoke”); compare helciarii (“boat-haulers”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛɫ.ki.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛl̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.um]

Noun

helcium n (genitive helciī or helcī); second declension

collar harness

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	helcium	helcia
genitive	helciī helcī¹	helciōrum
dative	helciō	helciīs
accusative	helcium	helcia
ablative	helciō	helciīs
vocative	helcium	helcia

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

Derived terms

helciārius

Descendants

(through Vulgar Latin *helciaria)

Old French: halcier, haucier
- → English: hawser
- French: aussière
Italian: alzaia
Brazilian Portuguese: Hélcio, Élcio

References

“helcium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press