Zephyrium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεφύριον (Zephúrion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zeˈpʰy.ri.um/, [d̪͡z̪ɛˈpʰʏriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zeˈfi.ri.um/, [d̪͡z̪eˈfiːrium]

Proper noun

Zephyrium n sg (genitive Zephyriī or Zephyrī); second declension

1. A promontory and ancient town in Cilicia, modern Turkey, situated near Anchiale

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Zephyrium
genitive	Zephyriī Zephyrī1
dative	Zephyriō
accusative	Zephyrium
ablative	Zephyriō
vocative	Zephyrium
locative	Zephyriī

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

References

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