Venafrum

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈnaː.frum/, [u̯ɛˈnäːfrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈna.frum/, [veˈnäːfrum]

Proper noun

Venāfrum n sg (genitive Venāfrī); second declension

1. An inland city in Campania situated in the upper valley of the Vulturnus, now Venafro

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Venāfrum
genitive	Venāfrī
dative	Venāfrō
accusative	Venāfrum
ablative	Venāfrō
vocative	Venāfrum
locative	Venāfrī

Derived terms

• Venāfrānus

Descendants

• Italian: Venafro

References

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