septuennium
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From septuennis (“of seven years”, “seven years old”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sep.tuˈen.ni.um/, [s̠ɛpt̪uˈɛnːiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sep.tuˈen.ni.um/, [sept̪uˈɛnːium]
Noun
septuennium n (genitive septuenniī or septuennī); second declension
- septennium, †septenniad (a period of seven years)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | septuennium | septuennia |
| Genitive | septuenniī septuennī1 |
septuenniōrum |
| Dative | septuenniō | septuenniīs |
| Accusative | septuennium | septuennia |
| Ablative | septuenniō | septuenniīs |
| Vocative | septuennium | septuennia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- English: septenniad, septennial, septennian, septennium
References
- “septŭennĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- septŭennĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,427/1.
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