plagium

See also: plágium

English

Etymology

From Latin plagium (kidnapping), compare plagiarism, probably from plaga (a net, snare, trap).

Noun

plagium (usually uncountable, plural plagiums)

  1. (obsolete, law) kidnapping, especially of a child

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Latin

Etymology

Probably from or related to plaga (hunting net), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (to weave). See also plectō (I weave).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpla.ɡi.um/, [ˈpɫa.ɡi.ũ]

Noun

plagium n (genitive plagiī or plagī); second declension

  1. manstealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen as slaves

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plagium plagia
Genitive plagiī
plagī1
plagiōrum
Dative plagiō plagiīs
Accusative plagium plagia
Ablative plagiō plagiīs
Vocative plagium plagia

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

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • plagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • plagium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plagium in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • plagium in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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