exterminium

Latin

Etymology

From exterminō (“drive away, expel, destroy”) +‎ -ium.

Noun

exterminium n (genitive exterminiī or exterminī); second declension

  1. expulsion, banishment
  2. destruction, extermination

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative exterminium exterminia
genitive exterminiī
exterminī1 		exterminiōrum
dative exterminiō exterminiīs
accusative exterminium exterminia
ablative exterminiō exterminiīs
vocative exterminium exterminia

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

Descendants

  • Catalan: extermini
  • Italian: sterminio
  • Portuguese: extermínio
  • Spanish: exterminio

References

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