commilitium

Latin

Etymology

From con- (co-) +‎ mīles (soldier) (stem mīlit-) +‎ -ium (-ship, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

commīlitium n (genitive commīlitiī or commīlitī); second declension

  1. comradeship, companionship in war

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative commīlitium commīlitia
genitive commīlitiī
commīlitī1
commīlitiōrum
dative commīlitiō commīlitiīs
accusative commīlitium commīlitia
ablative commīlitiō commīlitiīs
vocative commīlitium commīlitia

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

References

  • commilitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • commilitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers