antecenium

antecenium

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Proto-Italic *anti
Latin ante
Latin ante-
Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂
Proto-Italic *kertsnā
Old Latin cesna
Latin cēna
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin antecēnium

    From ante- (“before”) + cēna (“meal, dinner”) + -ium.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    antecēnium n (genitive antecēniī or antecēnī); second declension

    1. a meal taken before the principal meal, a lunch, luncheon

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative antecēnium antecēnia
    genitive antecēniī
    antecēnī1     		antecēniōrum
    dative antecēniō antecēniīs
    accusative antecēnium antecēnia
    ablative antecēniō antecēniīs
    vocative antecēnium antecēnia

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

    References

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