Cataractonium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.ta.rakˈto.ni.um/, [kät̪äräkˈt̪ɔniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.ta.rakˈto.ni.um/, [kät̪äräkˈt̪ɔːnium]
Proper noun
[edit]Cataractonium n sg (genitive Cataractoniī or Cataractonī); second declension
- a town of Britannia mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cataractonium |
| genitive | Cataractoniī Cataractonī1 |
| dative | Cataractoniō |
| accusative | Cataractonium |
| ablative | Cataractoniō |
| vocative | Cataractonium |
| locative | Cataractoniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Cataroctonion”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly