Surium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ri.um/, [ˈs̠ʊriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ri.um/, [ˈsuːrium]

Proper noun

Surium n sg (genitive Suriī or Surī); second declension

1. A town of Colchis situated at the mouth of the river Surius

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Surium
genitive	Suriī Surī1
dative	Suriō
accusative	Surium
ablative	Suriō
vocative	Surium
locative	Suriī

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

References

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