aquilicium

Latin

Alternative forms
  • aquaelicium (with dubious formation)

Etymology

From aqua (“water”) +‎ laciō (“I entice”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

Noun

aquilicium n (genitive aquiliciī or aquilicī); second declension

  1. a mean (sacrifice) to produce rain, a supplication for rain

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aquilicium aquilicia
Genitive aquiliciī
aquilicī1		 aquiliciōrum
Dative aquiliciō aquiliciīs
Accusative aquilicium aquilicia
Ablative aquiliciō aquiliciīs
Vocative aquilicium aquilicia

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

References
  • “aquaelicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aquilicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • aquaelicium in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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