phaecasium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαικάσιον (phaikásion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰae̯ˈka.si.um/, [pʰäe̯ˈkäs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈka.si.um/, [feˈkäːs̬ium]

Noun

phaecasium n (genitive phaecasiī or phaecasī); second declension

1. a kind of white shoe, worn at Athens by the priests

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phaecasium	phaecasia
Genitive	phaecasiī phaecasī1	phaecasiōrum
Dative	phaecasiō	phaecasiīs
Accusative	phaecasium	phaecasia
Ablative	phaecasiō	phaecasiīs
Vocative	phaecasium	phaecasia

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

References

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