focacium

Latin

Alternative forms
  • focācia, fogātia f (att. 846 CE, France)

Etymology

Nominalization of the neuter of ellipsis of (panis) focācius (“(bread) of the hearth”). Attested in the Vetus Itala.[1]

Noun

focācium n (genitive focāciī or focācī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. bread baked under ash

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative focācium focācia
Genitive focāciī
focācī1		 focāciōrum
Dative focāciō focāciīs
Accusative focācium focācia
Ablative focāciō focāciīs
Vocative focācium focācia

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

Descendants

(All via the plural focācia, made into a feminine noun.)

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŏcācium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 648
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