linguagium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from a Romance descendant (e.g. Old French language) of Vulgar Latin *linguāticum. By surface analysis, lingua +‎ -āgium.

Pronunciation

Noun

linguāgium n (genitive linguāgiī or linguāgī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. a language

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative linguāgium linguāgia
genitive linguāgiī
linguāgī1 		linguāgiōrum
dative linguāgiō linguāgiīs
accusative linguāgium linguāgia
ablative linguāgiō linguāgiīs
vocative linguāgium linguāgia

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

References

  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “linguagium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 614
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