prosicium
Latin
Alternative forms
- prosicies, prosiciae
Etymology
From prōsecō + -ium - compare īsicium and prōsecta f sg or n pl.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈsɪ.ki.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈs̬iː.t͡ʃi.um]
Noun
prōsicium n (genitive prōsiciī or prōsicī); second declension
- bowels, entrails
- (esp. as used in animal sacrifice)
- (Christian Latin, figuratively) (used of Christ's flesh, in translating Ancient Greek ἀπαρχαί (aparkhaí))
- (Late Latin) fragments of ice brought by a river into the sea
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōsicium | prōsicia |
| genitive | prōsiciī prōsicī1 |
prōsiciōrum |
| dative | prōsiciō | prōsiciīs |
| accusative | prōsicium | prōsicia |
| ablative | prōsiciō | prōsiciīs |
| vocative | prōsicium | prōsicia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “prōsicium, prosiciēs, prōsiciae” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Further reading
- prosicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.