Ergetium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ergētum, Ergentum, Hergentum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐργέτιον (Ergétion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /erˈɡe.ti.um/, [ɛrˈɡɛt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈd͡ʒet.t͡si.um/, [erˈd͡ʒɛt̪ː͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Ergetium n sg (genitive Ergetiī or Ergetī); second declension

1. A city in Sicily

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ergetium
Genitive	Ergetiī Ergetī1
Dative	Ergetiō
Accusative	Ergetium
Ablative	Ergetiō
Vocative	Ergetium
Locative	Ergetiī

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

Derived terms

• Ergetīnus

References

• “Ergētum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ergetium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Ergetium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.