exagium

Latin

Etymology

From exigō (“I measure, weigh”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.ɡi.um/, [ɛkˈs̠äɡiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsa.d͡ʒi.um/, [eɡˈzäːd͡ʒium]

Noun

exagium n (genitive exagiī or exagī); second declension

  1. A weighing, weight
  2. (Late Latin) A balance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative exagium exagia
Genitive exagiī
exagī1		 exagiōrum
Dative exagiō exagiīs
Accusative exagium exagia
Ablative exagiō exagiīs
Vocative exagium exagia

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

Descendants
  • Catalan: assaig
  • Old French: essai
  • Galician: ensaio
  • Italian: saggio
  • Portuguese: ensaio
  • Spanish: ensayo

References
  • exagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “exagium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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