apogaeum

See also: Apogäum

Latin

Alternative forms

• apogēum

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πόγειον (apógeion).

Noun

apogaeum n (genitive apogaeī); second declension

1. (Renaissance Latin, New Latin) apogee

Usage notes

Du Cange (see reference) records one use in Medieval Latin, believed to be a scribal error for hypogaeum.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	apogaeum	apogaea
genitive	apogaeī	apogaeōrum
dative	apogaeō	apogaeīs
accusative	apogaeum	apogaea
ablative	apogaeō	apogaeīs
vocative	apogaeum	apogaea

Related terms

• apogēus

Descendants

• → Middle French: apogée
  • French: apogée
  • → English: apogee, apogée

Etymology 2

Adjective

apogaeum

1. inflection of apogaeus:
   1. nominative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular
2. accusative/vocative neuter singular of apogaēus

References

• apogaeum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)