vicennium

English

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from vīcennis (20-year) + -ium, from vīciēs (20 times) + annus (year) + -is (forming compound adjectives). Equivalent to vicennial + -ium.

Noun

vicennium (plural vicennia or vicenniums)

  1. (rare) A period of twenty years.

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From vīcennis (20-year) + -ium (-ium: forming abstract nouns), from vīciēs (20 times) + annus (year) + -is (forming compound adjectives).

Noun

vīcennium n (genitive vīcenniī or vīcennī); second declension

  1. vicennium, a 20-year period
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Italian: vicennio

Adjective

vīcennium

  1. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of vīcennis

References

  • vicennium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vicennium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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