Dyrrhachium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Dyrrhachium. Doublet of Durrës and Durazzo.
Proper noun edit
Dyrrhachium
- (historical) Synonym of Durrës (“a city in Albania”)
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dyrˈra.kʰi.um/, [d̪ʏrˈräkʰiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dirˈra.ki.um/, [d̪irˈräːkium]
Proper noun edit
Dyrrhachium n sg (genitive Dyrrhachiī or Dyrrhachī); second declension
- Dyrrhachium (a city on the coast of Illyricum, now called Durrës)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Dyrrhachium |
| Genitive | Dyrrhachiī Dyrrhachī1 |
| Dative | Dyrrhachiō |
| Accusative | Dyrrhachium |
| Ablative | Dyrrhachiō |
| Vocative | Dyrrhachium |
| Locative | Dyrrhachiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “Dyrrachium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dyrrhachium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Dyrrhachium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly