dungio

Latin

Alternative forms

  • dongiō, donjō, dungeō, dunjō

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *dungijō, from Proto-Germanic *dungijô, *dungijǭ (dung-hill, underground cellar, vault). Alternatively from or influenced by Late Latin dominium (rule, dominion).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdun.ɡi.oː/, [ˈdʊŋ.ɡi.oː]

Noun

*dungiō f (genitive *dungiōnis); third declension[1]

  1. (Medieval Latin) dungeon

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dungiō dungiōnēs
Genitive dungiōnis dungiōnum
Dative dungiōnī dungiōnibus
Accusative dungiōnem dungiōnēs
Ablative dungiōne dungiōnibus
Vocative dungiō dungiōnēs

Descendants

References

  1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “dominionus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 353
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