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-ium
- a suffix found on nouns borrowed from Latin, especially derivatives of verbs ( odium; tedium; colloquium; delirium ), deverbal compounds with the initial element denoting the object of the verb ( nasturtium ), other types of compounds ( equilibrium; millennium ), and derivatives of personal nouns, often denoting the associated status or office ( collegium; consortium; magisterium ); -ium also occurs in scientific coinages on a Latin model, as in names of metallic elements ( barium; titanium ) and as a Latinization of Gk -ion ( pericardium ).
-ium
suffix forming nouns
- indicating a metallic element
platinum
barium
- (in chemistry) indicating groups forming positive ions
hydroxonium ion
ammonium chloride
- indicating a biological structure
syncytium
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -ium1
< New Latin, Latin, neuter suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -ium1
New Latin, from Latin, from Greek -ion, diminutive suffix
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Example Sentences
The preterite of the German dialect is formed by adding ium to the imperative, which is always the root of the verb.
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Quinquenniad, kwin-kwen′i-ad, n. a period of five years—also Quinquenn′ium.
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Satyrī′n, the argus butterflies; Satyr′ium, a genus of small flowered orchids; Sat′yrus, the genus of orangs—simia.
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Triv′ialness; Triv′ium, in medieval schools the name given to the first three liberal arts—viz.
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Exuvia -iae -ium: the cast skin of a larval insect: in Diaspinae the larval skin when cast and incorporated in the scale.
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