plagium
plagium Wrtdtng: Geflecht
Probably from or related to plaga (“hunting net”), thus originally meaning "a catching", from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- “flecht-”). See also plectō (“I weave”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫa.ɡi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplaː.d͡ʒi.um]
Noun
plagium n (genitive plagiī or plagī); second declension
- manstealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen as slaves
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | plagium | plagia |
| genitive | plagiī
plagī1 |
plagiōrum |
| dative | plagiō | plagiīs |
| accusative | plagium | plagia |
| ablative | plagiō | plagiīs |
| vocative | plagium | plagia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).