helcium

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἑλκίον (helkíon, “yoke”); compare helciarii (“boat-haulers”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛɫ.ki.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛl̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.um] === Noun === helcium n (genitive helciī or helcī); second declension collar harness ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 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