Sigeum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σίγειον (Sígeion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siːˈɡeː.um/, [s̠iːˈɡeːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈd͡ʒe.um/, [siˈd͡ʒɛːum]

Proper noun

Sīgēum n sg (genitive Sīgēī); second declension

1. A promontory and ancient town in Troas, situated at the entrance of the Hellespont in modern Turkey

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Sīgēum
genitive	Sīgēī
dative	Sīgēō
accusative	Sīgēum
ablative	Sīgēō
vocative	Sīgēum
locative	Sīgēī

Derived terms

• Sīgēius

References

• “Sigeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sigeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Sigeum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly