Pervigilium Omnium Sanctorum

Latin

Etymology

Equivalent to pervigilium (“vigil”) + omnium (“all”, gen. pl.) + sānctōrum (“saints”, gen. pl.)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /per.u̯iˈɡi.li.um ˈom.ni.um saːnkˈtoː.rum/, [pɛru̯ɪˈɡɪlʲiʊ̃ˑ ˈɔmniʊ̃ˑ s̠äːŋkˈt̪oːrʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /per.viˈd͡ʒi.li.um ˈom.ni.um sankˈto.rum/, [perviˈd͡ʒiːlium ˈɔmnium säŋkˈt̪ɔːrum]

Noun

Pervigilium Omnium Sānctōrum n sg (genitive Pervigiliī Omnium Sānctōrum or Pervigilī Omnium Sānctōrum); second declension

  1. (Christianity) Halloween

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter) with an indeclinable portion, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pervigilium Omnium Sānctōrum
Genitive Pervigiliī Omnium Sānctōrum
Pervigilī Omnium Sānctōrum1
Dative Pervigiliō Omnium Sānctōrum
Accusative Pervigilium Omnium Sānctōrum
Ablative Pervigiliō Omnium Sānctōrum
Vocative Pervigilium Omnium Sānctōrum

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

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