discidium

Latin

Etymology

From discindō (“I tear asunder”) +‎ -ium, from dis- +‎ scindō (“I cleave, tear”); compare excidium (“military destruction”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈki.di.um/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈkɪd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diʃˈʃi.di.um/, [d̪iʃˈʃiːd̪ium]

Noun

discidium n (genitive discidiī or discidī); second declension

1. separation, divorce
2. discord, disagreement

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	discidium	discidia
Genitive	discidiī discidī1	discidiōrum
Dative	discidiō	discidiīs
Accusative	discidium	discidia
Ablative	discidiō	discidiīs
Vocative	discidium	discidia

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

References

• “discidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “discidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• discidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.