"vindicium" meaning in Latin

See vindicium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [wɪnˈdɪ.ki.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [vinˈdiː.t͡ʃi.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin vindex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin vindicium From vindex + -ium. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|vindex|-ium|text=+|title=vindicium|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin vindex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin vindicium [Appendix:Glossary#nominalization|Nominalization]] of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ijos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-(i)yós", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-ios", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ium", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "vindicium", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="vindicium"> From vindex + -ium., {{ety|la|:af|vindex|-ium|text=+|title=vindicium|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wéyHs Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vim Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *déyḱs Proto-Italic *-diks Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -dicōbf. Latin dīcere Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin vindex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin vindicium From vindex + -ium. Head templates: {{la-noun|vindicium<2>|g=n}} vindicium n (genitive vindiciī or vindicī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vindicium<2>}} Forms: vindiciī [genitive], vindicī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vindicium [nominative, singular], vindicia [nominative, plural], vindiciī [genitive, singular], vindicī [genitive, singular], vindiciōrum [genitive, plural], vindiciō [dative, singular], vindiciīs [dative, plural], vindicium [accusative, singular], vindicia [accusative, plural], vindiciō [ablative, singular], vindiciīs [ablative, plural], vindicium [singular, vocative], vindicia [plural, vocative]
  1. protection; defense, patronage Tags: declension-2, neuter

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[wɪnˈdɪ.ki.ũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vinˈdiː.t͡ʃi.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vindicium"
}

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