helcium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑλκίον (helkíon, “yoke”); compare helciarii (“boat-haulers”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhel.ki.um/, [ˈhɛɫ̪kiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈel.t͡ʃi.um/, [ˈɛl̠ʲt͡ʃium]

Noun

helcium n (genitive helciī or helcī); second declension

1. collar harness

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	helcium	helcia
genitive	helciī helcī1	helciōrum
dative	helciō	helciīs
accusative	helcium	helcia
ablative	helciō	helciīs
vocative	helcium	helcia

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

Derived terms

• helciārius

Descendants

(through Vulgar Latin *helciaria)

• Old French: halcier, haucier
  • → English: hawser
  • French: aussière
• Italian: alzaia
• Brazilian Portuguese: Hélcio, Élcio

References

• “helcium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press