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Verulamium

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin Verulamium, the name of the Roman settlement on the same site.

Proper noun

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Verulamium

  1. (historical) A town in Britannia, Roman Empire. An ancient town in Roman Britain, sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, UK.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Verulamium n sg (genitive Verulamiī or Verulamī); second declension

  1. A town in Britannia, Roman Empire, now St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

Declension

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

singular
nominative Verulamium
genitive Verulamiī
Verulamī1
dative Verulamiō
accusative Verulamium
ablative Verulamiō
vocative Verulamium
locative Verulamiī

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

References

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