Abbassium

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Galatian. Attested only in Livy.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈbas.si.um/, [äbˈbäs̠ːiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈbas.si.um/, [äbˈbäsːium]

Proper noun

Abbassium n sg (genitive Abbassiī or Abbassī); second declension

1. An ancient city in Phrygia, modern Turkey, near Amorium and Pessinus.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Abbassium
genitive	Abbassiī Abbassī1
dative	Abbassiō
accusative	Abbassium
ablative	Abbassiō
vocative	Abbassium
locative	Abbassiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Abbassium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Mitchell, Stephen (1995) Anatolia: Land, Men, and Gods in Asia Minor, revised edition, volumes 1, The Celts and the Impact of Roman Rule, →ISBN, page 23