encaenia

== English == === Alternative forms === encenia === Etymology === From Latin encaenia, from Ancient Greek (τὰ) ἐγκαίνια ((tà) enkaínia, “dedication festival”), from ἐν (en, “in”) +‎ καινός (kainós, “new”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛnˈsiːniə/ === Noun === encaenia A festival held to mark the anniversary of the dedication of a church or temple; (especially), of the Temple at Jerusalem. The annual commemoration service of founders and benefactors of Oxford University. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐγκαίνια (enkaínia). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛŋˈkae̯.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [en̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.ni.a] === Noun === encaenia n pl (genitive encaeniōrum); second declension (plural only) A consecration or dedication festival ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== encaeniō ==== Descendants ==== → English: encaenia, Encaenia French: encénie === References === “encaenia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "encaenia", 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) “encaenia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.