pittacium
Latin
    
    Etymology
    
From Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion, “receipt, ticket”).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pitˈta.ki.um/, [pɪt̪ˈt̪äkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pitˈta.t͡ʃi.um/, [pit̪ˈt̪äːt͡ʃium]
Noun
    
pittacium n (genitive pittaciī or pittacī); second declension (Late Latin)
- label, ticket on a wine bottle or amphora
- label, ticket for publicity of a right to enter to or use a place
- (figurative) a public proclamation, announcement
- a directory, index, register
- a writ or document attesting the conclusion of an agreement of any kind
- a writ or document confirming the receival of a performance, a quittance
- a plaster; small piece of linen with salve
- a patch on a garment
Declension
    
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pittacium | pittacia | 
| Genitive | pittaciī pittacī1 | pittaciōrum | 
| Dative | pittaciō | pittaciīs | 
| Accusative | pittacium | pittacia | 
| Ablative | pittaciō | pittaciīs | 
| Vocative | pittacium | pittacia | 
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
    
- pittaciārium (“admission charge”)
Descendants
    
References
    
- “pittacium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pittacium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pittacium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “pittacium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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