LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

dispendium

dispendium n (genitive dispendiī or dispendī)

Meaning

  1. neuterexpense, cost
  2. neuterloss

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedispendiumdispendia
genitivedispendiī
dispendī		dispendiōrum
dativedispendiōdispendiīs
accusativedispendiumdispendia
ablativedispendiōdispendiīs
vocativedispendiumdispendia

dispendĭum, ii, n. dispendo (opp compendium, v. 3, dis, II.),
I. expense, cost, loss (mostly ante- and post-class.; cf.: impensa, impendium, sumptus; also: noxa, damnum, detrimentum, jactura, incommodum).
I. Lit.: dispendium ideo, quod in dispendendo solet minus fieri, Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.: sine damno et dispendio, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 35; cf. so with sumptus, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 7: minore nusquam bene fui dispendio, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 20: ut gratiam ineat sine suo dispendio, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 29: neque dispendi facit hilum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 60 Müll.; cf. * Lucr. 2, 1127: alicui afferre dispendium, Col. 4, 24, 1: quod dispendium pauci intellegunt, Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 53: dispendia (comae), Ov. Am. 1, 14, 43; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 25: viarum, i. e. a roundabout way, Mart. 9, 100: silvae, Luc. 8, 2.—
2. Trop.: hic tibi ne qua morae fuerint dispendia tanti, loss of time, * Verg. A. 3, 453: famae, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 452: disciplinae, Aus. Grat. Act. 32.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin dispendium From dispendō (“to weigh out, distribute”) + -ium.

Descendants
  • Catalandispendi
  • Italiandispendio
  • Portuguesedispêndio
  • Spanishdispendio
  • Galiciandispendio

Quick answers

What does dispendium mean in Latin?
dispendium, a noun, means “expense, cost; loss”.
What is the genitive of dispendium?
The genitive singular is dispendiī. dispendium is neuter, second declension.