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Encaenia
Encaenia
See also: encaenia
English
Proper noun
Encaenia
- The eight days of celebration for the dedication of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
- An academic ceremony in which degrees or awards are given out.
encaenia
encaenia
See also: Encaenia
Latin
Noun
encaenia n pl (genitive encaeniōrum); second declension
- (plural only) A consecration or dedication festival
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| nominative | encaenia |
| genitive | encaeniōrum |
| dative | encaeniīs |
| accusative | encaenia |
| ablative | encaeniīs |
| vocative | encaenia |
Derived terms
- encaeniō
References
- encaenia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ENCAENIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “encaenia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.