Myrtuntium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μυρτούντιον (Murtoúntion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /myrˈtuːn.ti.um/, [mʏrˈt̪uːn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mirˈtun.t͡si.um/, [mirˈt̪unt̪͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Myrtūntium n sg (genitive Myrtūntiī or Myrtūntī); second declension

1. A town in Elis district situated on the road from Elis to Dyme

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Myrtūntium
genitive	Myrtūntiī Myrtūntī1
dative	Myrtūntiō
accusative	Myrtūntium
ablative	Myrtūntiō
vocative	Myrtūntium
locative	Myrtūntiī

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

References

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