methium

Latin

Alternative forms

meffium, mephium

Etymology

Derived from Old High German mita (“gift”) + fihu (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tʰi.um/, [ˈmɛt̪ʰiʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ti.um/, [ˈmɛːt̪ium]

Noun

methium n (genitive methiī or methī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) wedding

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	methium	methia
Genitive	methiī methī¹	methiōrum
Dative	methiō	methiīs
Accusative	methium	methia
Ablative	methiō	methiīs
Vocative	methium	methia

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

Descendants

Italian: mefio

References

methium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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