exagium

Latin

Etymology

From exigō (“I measure, weigh”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈsa.ɡi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eɡˈzaː.d͡ʒi.um]

Noun

exagium n (genitive exagiī or exagī); second declension

1. A weighing, weight
2. (Late Latin) A balance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	exagium	exagia
genitive	exagiī exagī1	exagiōrum
dative	exagiō	exagiīs
accusative	exagium	exagia
ablative	exagiō	exagiīs
vocative	exagium	exagia

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

Descendants

• Catalan: assaig
• Old French: essai
  • Anglo Norman: assai
    • → English: assay
  • Middle French: essai
    • French: essai
    • → English: essay
• Galician: ensaio
• Italian: saggio
• Portuguese: ensaio
• Spanish: ensayo

References

• “exagium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “exagium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press