diverbium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • dēverbium

Etymology

From dis- +‎ verbum +‎ -ium.

Noun

dīverbium n (genitive dīverbiī or dīverbī); second declension

  1. (theater) dialogue, colloquy

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative dīverbium dīverbia
genitive dīverbiī
dīverbī1
dīverbiōrum
dative dīverbiō dīverbiīs
accusative dīverbium dīverbia
ablative dīverbiō dīverbiīs
vocative dīverbium dīverbia

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

Descendants

  • English: diverb
  • Italian: diverbio
  • Piedmontese: diverbi

References

  • diverbium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • diverbium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diverbium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.