Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈskiː.doː/, [ɛkˈskiː.doː]

Alternative forms

• exscidium

Noun

excidium n ‎(genitive excidiī); second declension

1. demolition, destruction (especially military)

Inflection

Second declension.

Etymology 2

From excidō +‎ -ium, from cadō ‎(“I fall”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ski.doː/, [ˈɛk.skɪ.doː]

Noun

excidium n ‎(genitive excidiī); second declension

1. the setting of the sun

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• excidium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• excidium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• EXCIDIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “excidium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.