Sunium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σούνιον (Soúnion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsuː.ni.um/, [ˈs̠uːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ni.um/, [ˈsuːnium]
Proper noun
[edit]Sūnium n sg (genitive Sūniī or Sūnī); second declension
- A promontory and town situated on the southern coast of Attica
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sūnium |
| genitive | Sūniī Sūnī1 |
| dative | Sūniō |
| accusative | Sūnium |
| ablative | Sūniō |
| vocative | Sūnium |
| locative | Sūniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Sunium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sunium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Sunium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly