Acroceraunia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “sharp; high”) + κεραύνιος (keraúnios, “of thunder, struck with thunder”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.kro.keˈrau̯.ni.a/, [äkrɔkɛˈräu̯niä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.kro.t͡ʃeˈrau̯.ni.a/, [äkrot͡ʃeˈräːu̯niä]
Noun
[edit]Acroceraunia n pl (genitive Acrocerauniōrum); second declension
- A coastal mountain range in southwestern Albania
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Acroceraunia |
| genitive | Acrocerauniōrum |
| dative | Acrocerauniīs |
| accusative | Acroceraunia |
| ablative | Acrocerauniīs |
| vocative | Acroceraunia |
| locative | Acrocerauniīs |
References
[edit]- “Acroceraunia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Acroceraunia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Acroceraunia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- la:Mountains
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