Lampsacum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lampsacus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάμψακος (Lámpsakos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlamp.sa.kum/, [ˈɫ̪ämps̠äkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlamp.sa.kum/, [ˈlämpsäkum]

Proper noun

Lampsacum n sg (genitive Lampsacī); second declension

1. A city in Mysia, on the Hellespont

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Lampsacum
genitive	Lampsacī
dative	Lampsacō
accusative	Lampsacum
ablative	Lampsacō
vocative	Lampsacum
locative	Lampsacī

Derived terms

• Lampsacēnus
• Lampsacius

References

• “Lampsacum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lampsacum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.