novilunium

Latin

Etymology

Derived from novus (“new”) lūna (“the Moon”) ‎ -ium (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /no.u̯iˈluː.ni.um/, [nou̯ɪˈɫ̪uːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.viˈlu.ni.um/, [noviˈluːnium]

Noun

novilūnium n (genitive novilūniī or novilūnī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) new moon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	novilūnium	novilūnia
genitive	novilūniī novilūnī1	novilūniōrum
dative	novilūniō	novilūniīs
accusative	novilūnium	novilūnia
ablative	novilūniō	novilūniīs
vocative	novilūnium	novilūnia

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: noviluni
• → Italian: novilunio
• → Portuguese: novilúnio
• → Sicilian: nuviluniu
• → Spanish: novilunio