Ergetium
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ἐργέτιον (Ergétion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /erˈɡe.ti.um/, [ɛrˈɡɛt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /erˈd͡ʒet.t͡si.um/, [erˈd͡ʒɛt̪ː͡s̪ium]
Proper noun
[edit]Ergetium n sg (genitive Ergetiī or Ergetī); second declension
- A city in Sicily
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ergetium |
| genitive | Ergetiī Ergetī1 |
| dative | Ergetiō |
| accusative | Ergetium |
| ablative | Ergetiō |
| vocative | Ergetium |
| locative | Ergetiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Ergētum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ergetium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Ergetium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.