LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

stīllicidium

stīllicidium n (genitive stīllicidiī or stīllicidī)

Meaning

  1. liquid (especially rainwater) falling drop by drop

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativestīllicidiumstīllicidia
genitivestīllicidiī
stīllicidī		stīllicidiōrum
dativestīllicidiōstīllicidiīs
accusativestīllicidiumstīllicidia
ablativestīllicidiōstīllicidiīs
vocativestīllicidiumstīllicidia

stillĭcĭdĭum (also written stilĭcĭd-; v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 33), ii, n. stilla-cado,
I. a liquid which falls drop by drop, a dripping moisture, stillicide: stillicidium eo quod stillatim cadat, Varr. L. L. 5, § 27 Müll.
I. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): stillicidi casus lapidem cavat, Lucr. 1, 313: grandinis, Sen. Q. N. 4, 3, 2: urinae, Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 66; cf. vesicae, id. 28, 8, 32, § 122: arborum, id. 17, 12, 18, § 89: mellis, Tert. Spect. 27 fin.: raritas nubium stillicidia dispergit, App. de Mundo, p. 61.—
B. Trop.: per stillicidia emittere animam quam semel exhalare, little by little, Sen. Ep. 101, 14.—
II. In partic., falling rain, rain-water falling from the eaves of houses (class.): jura parietum, luminum, stillicidiorum, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173; id. Or. 21, 79; id. Top. 5, 27; Vitr. 2, 1; Dig. 8, 6, 8; 8, 2, 20; Pall. Aug. 8, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin stīllicidium From stīlla (“drop”) + cadō (“fall”) + -ium.

Descendants
  • Catalanestalzim
  • Englishstillicide
  • Italianstillicidio

In English words that came into English from stīllicidium

  • stillicidestīllicidium
  • stillicidiumstīllicidium

Quick answers

What does stīllicidium mean in Latin?
stīllicidium, a noun, means “liquid (especially rainwater) falling drop by drop”.
What is the genitive of stīllicidium?
The genitive singular is stīllicidiī. stīllicidium is neuter, second declension.