matrimonium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • mātrumōnium

Etymology

From māter (mother) + -mōnium (obligation). Compare with pātrimōnium.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maː.triˈmoː.ni.um/, [maː.trɪˈmoː.ni.ũ]

Noun

mātrimōnium n (genitive mātrimōniī); second declension

  1. marriage, matrimony, wedlock.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mātrimōnium mātrimōnia
Genitive mātrimōniī mātrimōniōrum
Dative mātrimōniō mātrimōniīs
Accusative mātrimōnium mātrimōnia
Ablative mātrimōniō mātrimōniīs
Vocative mātrimōnium mātrimōnia

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References

  • matrimonium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • matrimonium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • matrimonium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • matrimonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to marry (of the man): ducere aliquam in matrimonium
    • to give one's daughter in marriage to some-one: filiam alicui in matrimonio or in matrimonium collocare or simply filiam alicui collocare
    • to give one's daughter in marriage to some-one: filiam alicui in matrimonium dare
  • matrimonium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • matrimonium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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