binoctium

== Latin == === Etymology === From bi- + nox + -ium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɪˈnɔk.ti.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [biˈnɔk.t͡si.um] === Noun === binoctium n (genitive binoctiī); second declension (rare) a period of two nights ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “binoctium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “binoctium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers