latrocinium

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Latin latrō (“mercenary, brigand”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /la.troːˈki.ni.um/, [ɫa.troːˈkɪ.ni.ũ]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /lat.roːˈki.ni.um/, [ɫat.roːˈkɪ.ni.ũ]

Noun

latrōcinium n (genitive latrōciniī); second declension

  1. Military service for pay.
  2. (figuratively) Robbery, banditry, highway robbery, piracy, brigandage; pillage, plundering.
  3. (figuratively) An act of banditry or brigandage.
  4. (figuratively) A band of robbers.
  5. (figuratively) Villany, roguery, fraud.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative latrōcinium latrōcinia
Genitive latrōciniī latrōciniōrum
Dative latrōciniō latrōciniīs
Accusative latrōcinium latrōcinia
Ablative latrōciniō latrōciniīs
Vocative latrōcinium latrōcinia

Descendants

References
  • latrocinium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • latrocinium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • latrocinium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • latrocinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • latrocinium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • latrocinium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. “ladro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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