pithecium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πιθήκιον (pithḗkion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /piˈtʰeː.ki.um/, [pɪˈt̪ʰeːkiʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈte.t͡ʃi.um/, [piˈt̪ɛːt͡ʃium]

Noun

pithēcium n (genitive pithēciī or pithēcī); second declension

a little ape
a kind of flower, possibly monkey-flower (Mimulus) or snapdragon (Antirrhinum)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pithēcium	pithēcia
Genitive	pithēciī pithēcī¹	pithēciōrum
Dative	pithēciō	pithēciīs
Accusative	pithēcium	pithēcia
Ablative	pithēciō	pithēciīs
Vocative	pithēcium	pithēcia

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

Related terms

pithēcus

References

“pithecium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pithecium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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