novilunium

Latin

Etymology

Derived from novus (“new”) + lūna (“the Moon”) +‎ -ium (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nɔ.wɪˈɫuː.ni.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [no.viˈluː.ni.um]

Noun

novilūnium n (genitive novilūniī or novilūnī); second declension

(Late Latin) new moon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	novilūnium	novilūnia
genitive	novilūniī novilūnī¹	novilūniōrum
dative	novilūniō	novilūniīs
accusative	novilūnium	novilūnia
ablative	novilūniō	novilūniīs
vocative	novilūnium	novilūnia

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

Descendants

→ Catalan: noviluni
→ Italian: novilunio
→ Portuguese: novilúnio
→ Sicilian: nuviluniu
→ Spanish: novilunio