vilipendium
Latin
Etymology
From vīlis (“cheap, worthless”) + pendere (“to weigh, consider”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wiː.lɪˈpɛn.di.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vi.liˈpɛn̪.d̪i.um]
Noun
vīlipendium n (genitive vīlipendiī or vīlipendī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīlipendium | vīlipendia |
| genitive | vīlipendiī vīlipendī1 |
vīlipendiōrum |
| dative | vīlipendiō | vīlipendiīs |
| accusative | vīlipendium | vīlipendia |
| ablative | vīlipendiō | vīlipendiīs |
| vocative | vīlipendium | vīlipendia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).