"-ium" meaning in Latin

See -ium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /i.um/ [Classical-Latin], [iʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /i.um/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ium] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From -ius (suffix forming adjectives): as a nominal suffix (Suffix 1), a substantivisation of its neuter forms; as an adjectival suffix (Suffix 2), regularly declined forms. Compare Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion), Proto-Slavic *-ьje. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|from|la>-ius>suffix forming adjectives|id=abstract suffix}}, {{cog|grc|-ιον}} Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion), {{cog|sla-pro|*-ьje}} Proto-Slavic *-ьje Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-ium<2>}} Forms: -iī [genitive], -ī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ium [nominative, singular], -ia [nominative, plural], -iī [genitive, singular], -ī [genitive, singular], -iōrum [genitive, plural], -iō [dative, singular], -iīs [dative, plural], -ium [accusative, singular], -ia [accusative, plural], -iō [ablative, singular], -iīs [ablative, plural], -ium [singular, vocative], -ia [plural, vocative]
  1. Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes denoting offices and groups. May no longer be productive. Tags: declension-2, morpheme, neuter
    Sense id: en--ium-la-suffix-F00Hrl9B Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter suffixes in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 45 40 4 4 7 Disambiguation of Latin neuter suffixes in the second declension: 49 51
  2. (New Latin) Suffix appended to form names of chemical elements. Tags: New-Latin, declension-2, morpheme, neuter
    Sense id: en--ium-la-suffix-Na1z7P3r Categories (other): New Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter suffixes in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 45 40 4 4 7 Disambiguation of Latin neuter suffixes in the second declension: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aestimium, alloquium, ambivium, cōnfluvium
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form}} -ium
  1. inflection of -ius:
    nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    Tags: accusative, form-of, morpheme, neuter, nominative, singular, vocative Form of: -ius
    Sense id: en--ium-la-suffix-t-QgLZJG
  2. inflection of -ius:
    accusative masculine singular
    Tags: accusative, form-of, masculine, morpheme, singular Form of: -ius
    Sense id: en--ium-la-suffix-H1gauZ8g
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form|head=-ium}} -ium
  1. genitive plural of -s Tags: form-of, genitive, morpheme, plural Form of: -s
    Sense id: en--ium-la-suffix-0mF5uWz~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
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