antecenium

Latin

Etymology

ante- (“before”) +‎ cēna (“meal, dinner”) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.teˈkeː.ni.um/, [än̪t̪ɛˈkeːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.teˈt͡ʃe.ni.um/, [än̪t̪eˈt͡ʃɛːnium]

Noun

antecēnium n (genitive antecēniī or antecēnī); second declension

1. a meal taken before the principal meal, a lunch, luncheon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	antecēnium	antecēnia
genitive	antecēniī antecēnī1	antecēniōrum
dative	antecēniō	antecēniīs
accusative	antecēnium	antecēnia
ablative	antecēniō	antecēniīs
vocative	antecēnium	antecēnia

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

Related terms

• cēnō

References

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