indicium
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]indicium (plural indicia or indiciums)
- An indication; a sign.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 431:
- that dim continuum cannot be as sensually groped for, tasted, harkened to, as Veen's Hollow between rhythmic beats; but it shares with it one remarkable indicium: the immobility of perceptual Time.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From index (“indicator”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) dicō (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈdi.ki.um/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈdi.t͡ʃi.um/, [in̪ˈd̪iːt͡ʃium]
Noun
[edit]indicium n (genitive indiciī or indicī); second declension
- information, evidence, discovery, notice
- reward for information
- indication, sign, proof, token
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | indicium | indicia |
Genitive | indiciī indicī1 |
indiciōrum |
Dative | indiciō | indiciīs |
Accusative | indicium | indicia |
Ablative | indiciō | indiciīs |
Vocative | indicium | indicia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old French: enge
- → Catalan: indici
- → German: Indiz
- → Italian: indizio
- → Neapolitan: 'nnìzio
- → Portuguese: indício
- → Romanian: indiciu
- → Sicilian: nnizziu
- → Spanish: indicio
- → Swedish: indicium
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “indicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- indicium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- indicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- this shows, proves..: documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. but cui rei documento, indicio est)
- this shows, proves..: documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. but cui rei documento, indicio est)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]indicium n
- (law) item of circumstantial evidence
- 2023 November 29, David Rydell, Carl Enderstein, “Fem unga döms för inblandning i mordet i Hjälstaviken – SVT sänder live [Five young individuals are sentenced for involvement in the murder in Hjälstaviken – SVT broadcasts live.]”, in SVT Nyheter:
- Det finns inte någon direkt bevisning i form av erkännanden eller vittnen till själva mordet, men däremot ett stort antal indicier som med varierande styrka talar för samtliga tilltalades skuld, säger Lars Holmgård, ordförande i målet i ett pressmeddelande.
- There is no direct evidence in the form of confessions or witnesses to the actual murder, but instead a large number of indications varying in strength that speak to the guilt of all the accused, says Lars Holmgård, the chairman in the case, in a press release.
Declension
[edit]Declension of indicium | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | indicium | indiciet | indicier | indicierna |
Genitive | indiciums | indiciets | indiciers | indiciernas |
References
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