Bucolium
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βουκόλιον (Boukólion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /buːˈko.li.um/, [buːˈkɔlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /buˈko.li.um/, [buˈkɔːlium]
Proper noun edit
Būcolium n sg (genitive Būcoliī or Būcolī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Būcolium |
Genitive | Būcoliī Būcolī1 |
Dative | Būcoliō |
Accusative | Būcolium |
Ablative | Būcoliō |
Vocative | Būcolium |
Locative | Būcoliī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “Bucolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Bucolion”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly