Crocyleium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κροκύλειον (Krokúleion), variant of Κροκύλιον (Krokúlion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kro.kyˈlei̯.um/, [krɔkʏˈɫ̪ɛi̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kro.t͡ʃiˈlei̯.um/, [krot͡ʃiˈlɛi̯um]

Proper noun

Crocyleium n sg (genitive Crocyleiī or Crocyleī); second declension

1. An ancient town in Aetolia situated on the borders of Locris

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Crocyleium
genitive	Crocyleiī Crocyleī1
dative	Crocyleiō
accusative	Crocyleium
ablative	Crocyleiō
vocative	Crocyleium
locative	Crocyleiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Crocyleium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly