tasconium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.[1] Compare Spanish tosca (“tuff”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tasˈko.ni.um/, [t̪äs̠ˈkɔniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tasˈko.ni.um/, [t̪äsˈkɔːnium]
Noun
[edit]tasconium n (genitive tasconiī or tasconī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tasconium | tasconia |
| Genitive | tasconiī tasconī1 |
tasconiōrum |
| Dative | tasconiō | tasconiīs |
| Accusative | tasconium | tasconia |
| Ablative | tasconiō | tasconiīs |
| Vocative | tasconium | tasconia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- tasconium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tasconium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “tasconium”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 650