Durostorum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δουρόστορον (Douróstoron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /duːˈros.to.rum/, [d̪uːˈrɔs̠t̪ɔrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /duˈros.to.rum/, [d̪uˈrɔst̪orum]

Proper noun

Dūrostorum n sg (genitive Dūrostorī); second declension

1. A town of Moesia, now Silistra

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Dūrostorum
genitive	Dūrostorī
dative	Dūrostorō
accusative	Dūrostorum
ablative	Dūrostorō
vocative	Dūrostorum
locative	Dūrostorī

References

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