Samonium
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαμώνιον (Samṓnion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /saˈmoː.ni.um/, [s̠äˈmoːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈmo.ni.um/, [säˈmɔːnium]
Proper noun
[edit]Samōnium n sg (genitive Samōniī or Samōnī); second declension
- the eastern promontory of the island of Crete, modern Greece
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Samōnium |
| genitive | Samōniī Samōnī1 |
| dative | Samōniō |
| accusative | Samōnium |
| ablative | Samōniō |
| vocative | Samōnium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Sammonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Samonium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Sammonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.