apogaeum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === apogēum === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πόγειον (ăpógeion). ==== Noun ==== apogaeum n (genitive apogaeī); second declension (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). ===== Related terms ===== apogēus ===== Descendants ===== → Esperanto: apogeo → Italian: apogeo → Middle French: apogée French: apogée → English: apogee, apogée → Spanish: apogeo === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== apogaeum inflection of apogaeus: nominative neuter singular accusative masculine singular accusative/vocative neuter singular of apogaēus === References === "apogaeum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)