Liternum

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liːˈter.num/, [lʲiːˈt̪ɛrnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈter.num/, [liˈt̪ɛrnum]

Proper noun

Līternum n sg (genitive Līternī); second declension

1. A town on the sea coast of Campania, situated between the mouth of the Vulturnus and Cumae

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Līternum
genitive	Līternī
dative	Līternō
accusative	Līternum
ablative	Līternō
vocative	Līternum
locative	Līternī

Derived terms

• Līternīnus

References

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