Sellium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.li.um/, [ˈs̠ɛlːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.li.um/, [ˈsɛlːium]

Proper noun

Sellium n sg (genitive Selliī or Sellī); second declension

1. A town in Lusitania situated north of Scalabis, underneath the modern city of Tomar.

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Sellium
genitive	Selliī Sellī1
dative	Selliō
accusative	Sellium
ablative	Selliō
vocative	Sellium
locative	Selliī

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

References

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