aedificium

Latin

Etymology

From aedificō +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯.diˈfi.ki.um/, [ae̯.dɪˈfɪ.ki.ũ]

Noun

aedificium n (genitive aedificiī); second declension

  1. building, structure
    • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6:
      Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.
      Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aedificium aedificia
Genitive aedificiī
aedificī1		 aedificiōrum
Dative aedificiō aedificiīs
Accusative aedificium aedificia
Ablative aedificiō aedificiīs
Vocative aedificium aedificia

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

Descendants

References
  • aedificium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aedificium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aedificium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • aedificium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to set buildings on fire: accendere, incendere aedificia
    • to erect a building, a monument: exstruere aedificium, monumentum
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