LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vīcennium

vīcennium n (genitive vīcenniī)
Classical[wiːˈkɛn.ni.ũː]Ecclesiastical[viˈt͡ʃɛn.ni.um]

Meaning

  1. obsoletevicennium, a twenty-year period
    Originaria ex quo de ingenuo solo discesserit, intra vicennii spatia repetatur. Quod si originaria, expletis viginti annis, domino sub hac praescriptione perierit, simul eius agnatio, intra viginti annos suscepta a domino mulieris servato novellae legis tenore non pereat.493 CE – 526 CE, attributed to Flavius Theodericus, Edictum Theodorici Regis 68. Si originaria de ingenuo solo exierit

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevīcenniumvīcennia
genitivevīcenniī
vīcennī		vīcenniōrum
dativevīcenniōvīcenniīs
accusativevīcenniumvīcennia
ablativevīcenniōvīcenniīs
vocativevīcenniumvīcennia

vīcennĭum, ii, n. vicies-annus,
I. a period of twenty years: post decennii aut vicennii tempus, Dig. 50, 8, 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(d)wi-dḱm̥t-ih₁
  5. Proto-Italic*wīkəntī
  6. Latinvīcennium

Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *h₂etnós Proto-Italic *atnos? Latin annus Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin vīcennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin vīcennium From vīcennis + -ium (forming abstract nouns).

Descendants
  • Englishvicennium
  • Italianvicennio

In English words that came into English from vīcennium

  • vicennialvīcenniālis
  • vicennaliavīcennālia

Quick answers

What does vīcennium mean in Latin?
vīcennium, a noun, means “vicennium, a twenty-year period”.
What is the genitive of vīcennium?
The genitive singular is vīcenniī. vīcennium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce vīcennium?
In classical Latin, [wiːˈkɛn.ni.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [viˈt͡ʃɛn.ni.um].
Where does vīcennium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Proto-Indo-European *dwi- → Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ → Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-dḱm̥t-ih₁ → Proto-Italic *wīkəntī → Latin vīcennium.