Paraetonium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Παραιτόνιον (Paraitónion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pa.rae̯ˈto.ni.um/, [päräe̯ˈt̪ɔniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.reˈto.ni.um/, [päreˈt̪ɔːnium]
Proper noun
[edit]Paraetonium n sg (genitive Paraetoniī or Paraetonī); second declension
- Mersa Matruh (a port city in modern Egypt)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Paraetonium |
| genitive | Paraetoniī Paraetonī1 |
| dative | Paraetoniō |
| accusative | Paraetonium |
| ablative | Paraetoniō |
| vocative | Paraetonium |
| locative | Paraetoniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Paraetonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Paraetonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Paraetonium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly