Latin

Noun

aedificium n ‎(genitive aedificiī); second declension

1. building, structure
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.6

     Caesar partitis copiis cum Gaio Fabio legato et Marco Crasso quaestore celeriterque effectis pontibus adit tripertito, aedificia vicosque incendit, magno pecoris atque hominum numero potitur.

     Caesar, having divided his forces with C. Fabius, his lieutenant, and M. Crassus his questor, and having hastily constructed some bridges, enters their country in three divisions, burns their houses and villages, and gets possession of a large number of cattle and men.

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• aedificium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aedificium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AEDIFICIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aedificium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set buildings on fire: accendere, incendere aedificia
    
  • to erect a building, a monument: exstruere aedificium, monumentum