latronicium

== Latin == === Etymology === Metathesis of Classical Latin latrōcinium, perhaps influenced by other legal terms ending in -icium, such as iūdicium (“trial, sentence”). Possibly a restructuring based on latrōn- (“thief”) +‎ -icium. === Noun === latrōnicium n (genitive latrōniciī or latrōnicī); second declension (Late Latin) robbery, theft, larceny ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “latrocĭnium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 202