spicilegium

== Latin == === Etymology === From spīca (“an ear of corn”) + legō (“to gather”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract neuter substantives). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spiː.kɪˈɫɛ.ɡi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spi.t͡ʃiˈlɛː.d͡ʒi.um] === Noun === spīcilegium n (genitive spīcilegiī or spīcilegī); second declension (Classical Latin, literally) a gleaning of ears of corn (collection of ears of corn left behind after the main harvest or gathering thereof) (New Latin, figuratively) a “gathering” of sparse specimens that have been overlooked by others ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== See also ==== racēmātiō (“grape-gleaning”) === References === “spīcĭlĕgĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “spīcĭlĕgĭum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,467/1. “spīcilegium” on page 1,804/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)