adagium

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adā̆gium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

adagium n (plural adagia or adagiums, no diminutive)

1. adage

Usage notes

• The plural adagiums is non-standard and proscribed, but common in practice.

Descendants

• → Indonesian: adagium

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch adagium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈda.ɡjʊm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm
• Hyphenation: a‧da‧gium

Noun

adagium (plural adagium-adagium)

1. adage (an old saying which has obtained credit by long use)

   Synonyms: pepatah, peribahasa

Further reading

• “adagium”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Alternative forms

• adā̆giō

Etymology

Disputed. Weiss derives the term from ad- +‎ *ā̆g- + -ium. According to this theory, the element *ā̆g- reflects the root of aiō, from earlier *agjō. The term must have escaped the development of *-gj- > *-jj-, perhaps as a consequence of i-epenthesis before consonantal yod (i.e. a preform *adā̆gijom). De Vaan, however, rejects this proposal, citing the "sporadic" and "late" attestation of this term as justification. Alternatively, De Vaan suggests that the term was derived from adigō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈdaː.ɡi.ũː], [aˈda.ɡi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈdaː.d͡ʒi.um]

Note: the length of the vowel is unattested.

Noun

adā̆gium n (genitive adā̆giī or adā̆gī); second declension

1. proverb, adage

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	adā̆gium	adā̆gia
genitive	adā̆giī adā̆gī1	adā̆giōrum
dative	adā̆giō	adā̆giīs
accusative	adā̆gium	adā̆gia
ablative	adā̆giō	adā̆giīs
vocative	adā̆gium	adā̆gia

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

Synonyms

• adā̆giō

Related terms

• (possibly) prōdigium

Descendants

• → English: adagium
• → English: adage
• → French: adage
• → Italian: adagio
• → Portuguese: adágio
• → Romanian: adagiu
• → Spanish: adagio

Further reading

• “ădăgĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ădăgĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ădăgĭum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 29/3.
• adagium in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “adagium” on page 35/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)