novilunium

Latin

Etymology

Derived from novus (“new”) + lūna (“the Moon”) +‎ -ium (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /no.u̯iˈluː.ni.um/, [nou̯ɪˈɫ̪uːniʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.viˈlu.ni.um/, [noviˈluːnium]

Noun

novilūnium n (genitive novilūniī or novilūnī); second declension

(Late Latin) new moon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	novilūnium	novilūnia
Genitive	novilūniī novilūnī¹	novilūniōrum
Dative	novilūniō	novilūniīs
Accusative	novilūnium	novilūnia
Ablative	novilūniō	novilūniīs
Vocative	novilūnium	novilūnia

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

Descendants

→ Catalan: noviluni
→ Italian: novilunio
→ Sicilian: nuviluniu
→ Spanish: novilunio

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