Abellinum

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (“apple”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.belˈliː.num/, [äbɛlˈlʲiːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.belˈli.num/, [äbelˈliːnum]

Proper noun

Abellīnum n sg (genitive Abellīnī); second declension

1. A considerable city of Hirpinia, situated in the upper valley of the river Sabatus, now the city of Avellino.

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Abellīnum
genitive	Abellīnī
dative	Abellīnō
accusative	Abellīnum
ablative	Abellīnō
vocative	Abellīnum
locative	Abellīnī

Derived terms

• Abellīnus

Descendants

• Italian: Avellino

References

• “Abellinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Abellinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.