LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

aedificium

aedificium n (genitive aedificiī or aedificī)
Classical[ae̯.dɪˈfɪ.ki.ũː]Ecclesiastical[e.diˈfiː.t͡ʃi.um]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. neuterbuilding, edifice, structure
    Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 6.6

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

omne quod aedificātur: domus, templum, mūrus.
aedificium -ī n — in Mille Verba, Urbs et Aedificia
domus, id quod aedificātum est
building
aedificium -ī (n) — in De Bello Gallico I, ch. 4

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Ædificium · Domus · Ædes · Familia

1. Ædificium is the generic term for buildings of all sorts, like οἰκοδόμημα; domus, and ædes, ædium, mean ‘a dwelling-house;’ domus, as the residence and home of a family; ædes (αἴθω, αἴθουσα), as composed of several apartments, like δόμοι, δώματα. Virg. G. ii. 461. Ingentem foribus domus alta superbis mane salutantum totis vomit ædibus undam. (vi. 8.) 2. Domus denotes ‘a family’ in the patriarchal sense, as a separate society, of which the individuals are mutually connected; familia, in a political sense, as part of a gens, civitas, or populus. (v. 301.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaedificiumaedificia
genitiveaedificiī
aedificī		aedificiōrum
dativeaedificiōaedificiīs
accusativeaedificiumaedificia
ablativeaedificiōaedificiīs
vocativeaedificiumaedificia

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

accendere, incendere aedificia
to set buildings on fire.
exstruere aedificium, monumentum
to erect a building, a monument.

aedĭfĭcĭum, i, n. aedifico,
I. a building of any kind, an edifice, structure, even though not suitable for a dwelling (while aedes designates only a structure for habitation).—Hence: aedes aedificiaque, Liv. 38, 38; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9 fin.: exstruere aedificium in alieno, id. Mil. 27: omnibus vicis aedificiisque incensis, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Nep. Att. 13, 2; Sall. J. 23; Liv. 5, 41: aedificiorum prolapsiones, Suet. Aug. 30; cf. id. Oth. 8: regis, Vulg. 3 Reg. 9, 1: paries aedificii, ib. Ezech. 41, 12.—In late Lat., = aedificatio: aedificium domūs Domini, Vulg. 3 Reg. 9, 1: murorum, ib. 1 Macc. 16, 23.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin aedificō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin aedificium From aedificō + -ium.

Descendants
  • Catalanedifici
  • Englishedifice
  • Frenchédifice
  • Italianedificio
  • Portugueseedifício
  • Romanianedificiu
  • Spanishedificio
  • Asturianedificiu
  • Galicianedificio

Quick answers

What does aedificium mean in Latin?
aedificium, a noun, means “building, edifice, structure”.
What is the genitive of aedificium?
The genitive singular is aedificiī. aedificium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce aedificium?
In classical Latin, [ae̯.dɪˈfɪ.ki.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.diˈfiː.t͡ʃi.um].