Definition of alcedonium, halcedonium
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1.
LNS
alcēdōnium, alcēdōniī
(halcēdōnium, halcēdōniī)
alcedo
Mostly Plural
noun (n., 2nd declension)
  1. the fourteen winter days during which the kingfisher broods and the sea is calm
  2. a deep calm, profound tranquillity
Abbreviations
alcēdōnia (halc-), ōrum, n. alcedo, the fourteen winter days during which the kingfisher broods and the sea is calm, v. alcedo.

—Hence, trop., a deep calm, profound tranquillity: ludi sunt, tranquillum est, alcedonia sunt circum forum, Plaut. Cas. prol. 26: mare ipsum aiunt, ubi alcedonia sint, fieri feriatum, Front. Fer. Alc. 3.
 
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