Pitaium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /piˈtai̯.i̯um/, [pɪˈt̪äi̯ːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈta.jum/, [piˈt̪äːjum]

Proper noun

Pitaium n sg (genitive Pitaiī or Pitaī); second declension

1. A town in Caria, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pitaium
Genitive	Pitaiī Pitaī1
Dative	Pitaiō
Accusative	Pitaium
Ablative	Pitaiō
Vocative	Pitaium
Locative	Pitaiī

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

References

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