excidium

Latin

Etymology 1

From exscindō (“I annihilate, extirpate”), from scindō (“I rend, destroy”), compare discidium (“disagreement, discord”). Sometimes construed by folk-etymology as from excīdō (“I cut out, destroy”) +‎ -ium.

Alternative forms

exscidium

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈskiː.doː/, [ɛkˈskiː.doː]

Noun

excidium n (genitive excidiī or excidī); second declension

demolition, destruction (especially military)

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	excidium	excidia
Genitive	excidiī excidī¹	excidiōrum
Dative	excidiō	excidiīs
Accusative	excidium	excidia
Ablative	excidiō	excidiīs
Vocative	excidium	excidia

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

Etymology 2

From excidō +‎ -ium, from cadō (“I fall”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ski.doː/, [ˈɛk.skɪ.doː]

Noun

excidium n (genitive excidiī or excidī); second declension

the setting of the sun

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	excidium	excidia
Genitive	excidiī excidī¹	excidiōrum
Dative	excidiō	excidiīs
Accusative	excidium	excidia
Ablative	excidiō	excidiīs
Vocative	excidium	excidia

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

References

excidium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
excidium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
excidium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
excidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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