Comum

See also: comum

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.mum/, [ˈkoːmʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.mum/, [ˈkɔːmum]

Proper noun

Cōmum n sg (genitive Cōmī); second declension

1. A city in Cisalpine Gaul situated on the shore of the Larius lake, now Como

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Cōmum
genitive	Cōmī
dative	Cōmō
accusative	Cōmum
ablative	Cōmō
vocative	Cōmum
locative	Cōmī

Derived terms

• Cōmensis

Descendants

• Italian: Como

References

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