Anaxum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Anassum

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Venetic where the combination gs (> x) is comparatively frequent.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈnak.sum/, [äˈnäks̠ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈnak.sum/, [äˈnäksum]

View of the river

Proper noun

Anaxum n sg (genitive Anaxī); second declension

1. A river of Venetia, Italy, which flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the river Stella.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Anaxum
genitive	Anaxī
dative	Anaxō
accusative	Anaxum
ablative	Anaxō
vocative	Anaxum

References

• “Anassum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Anaxum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.