Venta Icenorum

Latin

Etymology

From the name of the local tribe, the Icēnī.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯en.ta i.keːˈnoː.rum/, [ˈu̯ɛn̪t̪ä ɪkeːˈnoːrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈven.ta i.t͡ʃeˈno.rum/, [ˈvɛn̪t̪ä it͡ʃeˈnɔːrum]

Proper noun

Venta Icēnōrum f sg (genitive Ventae Icēnōrum); first declension

1. A town in Britannia situated near Norwich

Declension

First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Venta Icēnōrum
genitive	Ventae Icēnōrum
dative	Ventae Icēnōrum
accusative	Ventam Icēnōrum
ablative	Ventā Icēnōrum
vocative	Venta Icēnōrum
locative	Ventae Icēnōrum

References

• “Venta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly