exagium
Latin
Etymology
From exigō (“I measure, weigh”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.ɡi.um/, [ɛkˈs̠äɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.d͡ʒi.um/, [eɡˈzäːd͡ʒium]
Noun
exagium n (genitive exagiī or exagī); second declension
- A weighing, weight
- (Late Latin) A balance
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | exagium | exagia |
| Genitive | exagiī exagī1 |
exagiōrum |
| Dative | exagiō | exagiīs |
| Accusative | exagium | exagia |
| Ablative | exagiō | exagiīs |
| Vocative | exagium | exagia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- exagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “exagium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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